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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

Description
A nonpartisan legislative branch agency that provides the U.S. Congress with analysis and policy advice on the Medicare program. Examines access to care, quality of care, and other issues affecting Medicare.
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Healthcare Payment ยท Rural Health Policy

Upcoming Events (5)

  • Meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Apr 11 - 12, 2024, view details
  • Meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Sep 5 - 6, 2024, view details
  • Meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Oct 10 - 11, 2024, view details
  • Meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Nov 7 - 8, 2024, view details
  • Meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Dec 12 - 13, 2024, view details

Resources (141)

  • April 2020 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 04/2020, view details
  • April 2021 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 04/2021, view details
  • April 2022 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 04/2022, view details
  • April 2023 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 04/2023, view details
  • Beneficiary and Clinician Perspectives on Medicare and Other Issues: Findings from 2023 Focus Groups in Select States, 02/2024, view details
  • Closures of Hospital-Based SNF Units: Insights from Interviews with Administrators, Discharge Planners and Referring Physicians, 03/2007, view details
  • Data Book: Beneficiaries Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, 01/2024, view details
  • December 2020 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 12/2020, view details
  • December 2021 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 12/2021, view details
  • December 2022 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 12/2022, view details
  • December 2023 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 12/2023, view details
  • Developing Risk-Adjusted Avoidable Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits Quality Measures: Final Report, 08/2019, view details
  • Hospital Policy Issues: Statement by Mark Miller, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission before Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, 07/2015, view details
  • Impact of Home Health Payment Rebasing on Beneficiary Access to and Quality of Care, 12/2014, view details
  • Improving Efficiency and Preserving Access to Emergency Care in Rural Areas, 04/2016, view details
  • January 2020 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 01/2020, view details
  • January 2021 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 01/2021, view details
  • January 2022 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 01/2022, view details
  • January 2024 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 01/2024, view details
  • March 2020 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 03/2020, view details
  • March 2021 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 03/2021, view details
  • March 2022 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 03/2022, view details
  • Medicare Copayments for Critical Access Hospital Outpatient Services - 2009 Update, 12/2011, view details
  • Medicare Copayments for Critical Access Hospital Outpatient Services - Update, 06/2016, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Accountable Care Organizations Payment Systems, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Ambulance Services Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Critical Access Hospitals Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Durable Medical Equipment Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Federally Qualified Health Center and Rural Health Clinic Payment Systems, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Home Health Care Services Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Hospice Services Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Hospital Acute Inpatient Services Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Services Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Long-term Care Hospitals Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Medicare Advantage Program Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Outpatient Dialysis Services Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Outpatient Hospital Services Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Part D Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Physician and Other Health Professional Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare Payment Basics: Skilled Nursing Facility Services Payment System, 10/2023, view details
  • Medicare's Prospective Payment System for Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities at 15 Years, 04/2022, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Interim Final Rule on Durable Medical Equipment Fee Schedule Adjustments, 07/2018, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for Rural Emergency Hospitals and Critical Access Hospital CoP Updates, 07/2022, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on Contract Year 2021 and 2022 Policy and Technical Changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D, 04/2020, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on Hospice for FY 2020, 06/2019, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs for CY 2021, 10/2020, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs for CY 2022, 09/2021, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs, 10/2018, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the CY 2019 Home Health PPS Update and 2020 Case Mix Refinements, 08/2018, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the CY 2020 Home Health PPS Update and Home Infusion Therapy, 08/2019, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the End-Stage Renal Disease Payment System Update for FY 2024, 08/2023, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the ESRD PPS for CY 2021, 09/2020, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the ESRD PPS for CY 2022, 08/2021, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the ESRD PPS Update for CY 2023, 08/2022, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Home Health Prospective Payment System for CY 2021, 08/2020, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Home Health Prospective Payment System for CY 2023, 08/2022, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Home Health Prospective Payment System for FY 2024, 08/2023, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Hospital Inpatient PPS and the Long-term Care Hospital PPS for FY 2021, 07/2020, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Hospital Inpatient PPS and the Long-term Care Hospital PPS for FY 2022, 06/2021, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Hospital Inpatient PPS and the Long-term Care Hospital PPS for FY 2023, 06/2022, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Hospital Inpatient PPS for FY 2024, 06/2023, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and the Long-term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System for FY 2020, 06/2019, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility PPS for FY 2023, 05/2022, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS for FY 2020, 06/2019, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS for FY 2021, 05/2020, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility PPS for FY 2023, 05/2022, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Outpatient Prospective Payment System for FY 2024, 09/2023, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Payment System for Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities for FY 2024, 06/2023, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Payment Systems for Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers for 2023, 09/2022, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2019, 09/2018, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2021, 10/2020, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2022, 09/2021, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2023, 09/2022, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Physician Prospective Payment System for FY 2024, 09/2023, view details
  • MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Skilled Nursing Facility PPS for FY 2020, 06/2019, view details
  • MedPAC Data Book: Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program, 2023, 07/2023, view details
  • MedPAC Payment Basics, 10/2023, view details
  • MedPAC Report to Congress: Aligning Incentives in Medicare, June 2010, 06/2010, view details
  • MedPAC Report to Congress: Regional Variation in Medicare Service Use, 01/2011, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Increasing the Value of Medicare, 06/2006, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Issues in a Modernized Medicare Program, 2005, 06/2005, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2013, 06/2013, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2014, 06/2014, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2015, 06/2015, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2016, 06/2016, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2017, 06/2017, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2018, 06/2018, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2019, 06/2019, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2020, 06/2020, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2021, 06/2021, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2022, 06/2022, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2023, 06/2023, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare in Rural America, 2001, 06/2001, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2003, 03/2003, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2004, 03/2004, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2005, 03/2005, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2006, 03/2006, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2007, 03/2007, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2008, 03/2008, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2009, 03/2009, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2010, 03/2010, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2011, 03/2011, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2012, 03/2012, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2013, 03/2013, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2014, 03/2014, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2015, 03/2015, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2016, 03/2016, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2017, 03/2017, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2018, 03/2018, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2019, 03/2019, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2020, 03/2020, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2021, 03/2021, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2022, 03/2022, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2023, 03/2023, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2024, 03/2024, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy: Home Health Care Services: Chapter 7, 03/2024, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy: Hospice Services: Chapter 9, 03/2024, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy: Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient Services: Chapter 3, 03/2019, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy: Mandated Report: Rural Emergency Hospitals: Chapter 15, 03/2024, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy: Skilled Nursing Facility Services: Chapter 6, 03/2024, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Physician Supervision Requirements in Critical Access Hospitals and Small Rural Hospitals, 12/2017, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Promoting Greater Efficiency in Medicare, 06/2007, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Reforming the Delivery System, 06/2008, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Regional Variation in Medicare Part A, Part B, and Part D Spending and Service Use, 09/2017, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Rural Payment Provisions in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, 12/2006, view details
  • MedPAC Report to the Congress: Variation and Innovation in Medicare, 06/2003, view details
  • MedPAC Response to a Congressional Request for Information on Improving Access to Health Care in Rural and Underserved Areas, 09/2023, view details
  • The Need to Reform Medicare's Payments to Skilled Nursing Facilities Is as Strong as Ever, 01/2015, view details
  • November 2020 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 11/2020, view details
  • November 2023 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 11/2023, view details
  • October 2020 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 10/2020, view details
  • October 2023 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 10/2023, view details
  • Potential Refinements to Medicare's Wage Indexes for Hospitals and Other Sectors, 06/2007, view details
  • Report to Congress: Overview of the 340B Drug Pricing Program, 05/2015, view details
  • September 2020 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 09/2020, view details
  • September 2022 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 09/2022, view details
  • September 2023 MedPAC Meeting Transcript, 09/2023, view details
  • Serving Rural Medicare Beneficiaries, 06/2012, view details
  • Updated Simulation of a Prospective Payment System for Post-Acute Care, 06/2023, view details
  • Using Population-Based Outcome Measures to Assess the Impact of Telehealth Expansion on Medicare Beneficiaries' Access to Care and Quality of Care, 06/2023, view details