MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2025

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Evaluates Medicare payment issues and provides recommendations to the U.S. Congress. Covers proposed reforms to the physician fee schedule updates and the accuracy of relative payment rates; supplemental benefits in Medicare Advantage; home healthcare use among Medicare Advantage enrollees; Part D prescription drug plans for beneficiaries in fee-for-service Medicare and Medicare Advantage; Medicare beneficiaries in nursing homes; the inclusion of rural providers in current Medicare fee-for-service quality reporting programs; and recommendations related to reducing beneficiary cost sharing for outpatient services at Critical Access Hospitals. Includes rural references throughout.

06/2025

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Critical Access Hospitals · Health insurance · Healthcare facilities · Healthcare quality · Home health · Long-term care · Medicare · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Physicians · Post-acute care · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data