House Panel Hears from MedPAC on Provider Payment Recommendations

The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee today heard from Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Chairman Glen Hackbarth on MedPAC’s annual March Report to the Congress on Medicare Payment Policy. In the report, MedPAC recommended eliminating home health agencies’ (HHA’s) market basket update for 2010 and accelerating the application of the 2011 coding creep adjustment…