MedPAC Pushes for Aligning Payments, Regs, Benefits

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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 […]

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MedPAC Report Considers Unified PAC Payment System, Finding Best Providers

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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC report released on June 15, 2018 included refinements to their proposed unified post-acute care prospective payment system and for greater patient usage of high quality post-acute care providers. The refinements to a unified post-acute care prospective payment system would focus on increasing Medicare payment accuracy for patients involved in […]

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MedPAC adds new installment for a Unified Post-Acute Care Payment System

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In their latest step towards rounding out the development of a Unified Post-Acute Care Prospective Payment System (unified PPS), the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) introduced information on payment reforms for multiple “stays” for a given patient. These stays, defined as a unit of service or episode, and referred to as sequential stays, can be […]

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MedPAC Discusses a New Home Health Payment Model

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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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