December 2021 MedPAC Meeting Transcript
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Description
Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) December 2021 meeting. Covers payment adequacy and updates for hospital
inpatient and outpatient services and the mandated report on changes to the low-volume
hospital payment adjustment, physician and other health professional services, ambulatory surgical center services, outpatient dialysis services, and hospice services. Highlights the effect of COVID-19 relief funding on rural hospital margins, rural hospital bypass, and rural hospice payment utilization, among other rural references.
Date
12/2021
Type
Document
Organization
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Access · Critical Access Hospitals · Healthcare business and finance · Hospice and palliative care · Hospitals · Inpatient care · Medicare · Outpatient care · Physicians · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Specialty care · Statistics and data