Tag: unified post acute care prospective payment system

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…

MedPAC Report Considers Unified PAC Payment System, Finding Best Providers

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…

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

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…

MedPAC 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…