MedPAC recommends freeze on skilled nursing facility payments for fiscal year 2011
Jan 15, 2010
As expected, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on Thursday recommended that skilled nursing facilities not receive a payment increase for fiscal year 2011.
An unwelcome gift from MedPAC
By
Liza Berger
Dec 16, 2009
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! What has Santa brought you this year? The usual: A preliminary recommendation to freeze Medicare rates for the following year.
A weak economy, the upcoming end to federal stimulus funding and healthcare reform bode badly for the future of Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements, according to Joseph Lubarsky, president of Eljay LLC,...
Proposed Medicare commission could disregard funding realities
By
Liza Berger
Jul 28, 2009
I don’t know about you, Readers, but this push for an Independent Medicare Advisory Council (IMAC) makes me nervous. If approved by Congress, this new body could make it more difficult for nursing homes...
Some healthcare groups, lawmakers slam proposal for new agency governing Medicare rates
Jul 28, 2009
President Obama has proposed creating a new executive agency, the Independent Medicare Advisory Council, to set Medicare payment updates. So far, that idea is meeting strong resistance from the healthcare...
From MedPAC to IMAC: Obama would hand Medicare pay rate decisions to new independent council
Jul 17, 2009
The Obama administration has begun the process of shifting control over Medicare rate adjustments for nursing homes, hospice and other providers away from Congress and toward a new, five-member independent...
MedPAC idea could be bad for nursing homes
By
Liza Berger
May 27, 2009
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) recently introduced legislation that would make the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) part of the executive branch. The proposal is at once both logical and worrisome....