MedPAC Recommends an Accelerated Implementation of PAC PPS

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), the congressional advisory body on Medicare payment policy, is recommending that Congress legislate the establishment of a single prospective payment system for all post-acute care services, otherwise known as PAC PPS. Under the ImprovingMedicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 (IMPACT Act), MedPAC was ordered to analyze whether a…