PAC PPS
MedPAC Pushes for Aligning Payments, Regs, Benefits
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recently convened for a session furthering their work on the development of a unified post-acute care prospective payment system (PAC PPS). In this most recent session, a focus was placed on the applicability of co-pays and potential requirements to access post-acute care (PAC) care via a required hospitalization. MedPAC staff […]
Read MoreMedPAC Examines Post-Acute Payment Systems
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC or the Commission) examined post-acute payment systems in an October 5, 2018 a session entitled, Episode-based payments and outcome measures under a unified payment system for post-acute care. Currently, many similar patients are treated in four settings— home health agencies (HHAs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), and […]
Read MoreMedPAC Discusses a New Home Health Payment Model
At the November Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC), a new payment model for home health, and the post acute care community at large was reported on and discussed. This model, a unified post acute care prospective payment system (PAC PPS) has been under discussion for a few years now and is intended to bring parity […]
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