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Contractor report: Experiences Obtaining Drugs under Part D: Focus Groups with Beneficiaries, Physicians, and Pharmacists (May 2008)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from Georgetown University and from NORC at the University of Chicago

Comment letter: Department of Health and Human Services Report to Congress: Plan to Implement a Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program (April 1, 2008)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System for Long-Term Care Hospitals RY 2009: Proposed Annual Payment Rate Updates, Policy Changes, and Clarifications; Proposed Rule (March 24, 2008)

Contractor report: Facilitating Access to Medicare Part D Drug Claims Data (March 2008)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from Georgetown University and from NORC at the University of Chicago

Comment letter: CMS's proposed revisions to the Minimum Data Set for nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities (March 21, 2008)

Testimony: Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (Ways and Means, March 11, 2008)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health

News release: MedPAC releases report on Medicare payment policy (February 29, 2008)

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2008)

Please click under "View table of contents" to see a list of chapters with links to individual chapter files. To view the entire report (376 pages), click under "View document".

Contractor report: Trends Between 2000 and 2005 in SNF Rates of Community Discharge and Rehospitalization

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center

Hospital inpatient and outpatient services (Chapter 2A, March 2008 report)

Physician services (Chapter 2B, March 2008 report)

Outpatient dialysis services (Chapter 2C, March 2008 report)

Skilled nursing facility services (Chapter 2D, March 2008 report)

Home health services (Chapter 2E, March 2008 report)

Inpatient rehabilitation facility services (Chapter 2F, March 2008 report)

Long-term care hospital services (Chapter 2G, March 2008 report)

Update on the Medicare Advantage program (Chapter 3, March 2008 report)

Part D enrollment, benefit offerings, and plan payments (Chapter 4, March 2008 report)

Increasing participation in the Medicare Savings Programs and the low-income drug subsidy (Chapter 5, March 2008 report)

Contractor report: Creating a Center for Evidence-Based Medicine (February 2008)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from the American Institutes for Research

Testimony: Private Fee-for-Service Plans in Medicare Advantage (January 30, 2008)

U.S. Senate, Committee on Finance

Contractor report: Health Plans' Use of Physician Resource Use and Quality Measures (October 2007)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Contractor report: Coverage and Pricing of Drugs That Can Be Covered Under Part B and Part D (October 2007)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from Georgetown University and from NORC at the University of Chicago

Medicare basics: Medicare Benefit Design (October 5, 2007)

Comment letter: CMS’s proposed rule entitled Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Calendar Year 2008 Payment Rates; Proposed Changes to the ASC Payment System and CY 2008 Payment Rates (September 14, 2007)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled Medicare program; Revisions to payment policies under the physician fee schedule, and other Part B payment policies for CY 2008 (August 30, 2007)

A Data Book: Healthcare Spending and the Medicare Program (June 2007)

Other services-dialysis, hospice, clinical laboratory (Section 12, June 2007 Data Book)

Medicare beneficiary demographics (Section 2, June 2007 Data Book)

Dual-eligible beneficiaries (Section 3, June 2007 Data Book)

Quality of care in the Medicare program (Section 4, June 2007 Data Book)

Access to care in the Medicare program (Section 5, June 2007 Data Book)

Medicare beneficiary and other payer financial liability (Section 6, June 2007 Data Book)

Acute inpatient services (Section 7, June 2007 Data Book)

Ambulatory care (Section 8, June 2007 Data Book)

Post-acute care (Section 9, June 2007 Data Book)

Medicare Advantage (Section 10, June 2007 Data Book)

Drugs (Section 11, June 2007 Data Book)

Testimony: The Medicare Advantage Program and MedPAC Recommendations (Budget, June 28, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Budget

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2008 (June 27, 2007)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled Medicare Program: Proposed Changes to the Home Health Prospective Payment System Refinement and Rate Update for Calendar Year 2008 (June 26, 2007)

News release: MedPAC releases report on promoting greater efficiency in Medicare (June 2007)

Report to the Congress: Promoting Greater Efficiency in Medicare (June 2007)

Please click under "View table of contents" to see a list of chapters with links to individual chapter files. To view the entire report (297 pages), click under "View document".

Additional technical information on constructing a compensation index from BLS data (June 2007)

Appendix to Chapter 6 from the June 2007 report (An alternative method to compute the wage index)

Medicare in the 21st century: Changing beneficiary profile (Chapter 1, June 2007 report)

Update on the Medicare Advantage program and implementing past recommendations (Chapter 3, June 2007 report)

Value-based purchasing: Pay for performance in home health care (Chapter 4, June 2007 report)

Payment policy for inpatient readmissions (Chapter 5, June 2007 report)

Issues in Medicare coverage of drugs (Chapter 7, June 2007 report)

Skilled nursing facilities: The need for reform (Chapter 8, June 2007 report)

Analysis of changes to physicians' practice expense payments (Chapter 9, June 2007 report)

Review of CMS's preliminary estimate of the physician update for 2008 (Appendix A, June 2007 report)

Contractor report: Potential Refinements to Medicare's Wage Indexes for Hospitals and Other Sectors (June 2007)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by RTI International

Contractor report: Medicare Part D, Nursing Homes, and Long-Term Care Pharmacies (June 2007)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from Harvard Medical School

Contractor report: The Role of Beneficiary-Centered Assignment for Medicare Part D (June 2007)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from Georgetown University and from NORC at the University of Chicago

Contractor report: Understanding Temporal Changes in and Factors Associated with SNF Rates of Community Discharge and Rehospitalization (June 2007)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center

Testimony: Producing Comparative-Effectiveness Information (June 12, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled Medicare Program: Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2008 Rates (June 11, 2007)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled Medicare Program; Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for FY 2008 (June 11, 2007)

Testimony: Private Fee-For-Service Plans in Medicare Advantage (May 22, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: Payments to Selected Fee-For-Service Providers (May 15, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: Options to Improve Medicare's Payments to Physicians (May 10, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health

Medicare payment basics: Ambulatory surgical centers payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Clinical laboratory services payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Critical access hospitals payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Durable medical equipment payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Home health care services payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Hospice services payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Hospital acute inpatient services payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Long-term care hospitals payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Medicare Advantage program payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Outpatient dialysis services payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Outpatient hospital services payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Part D payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Outpatient therapy services payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Physician services payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Psychiatric hospital services payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Rehabilitation facilities (inpatient) payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Skilled nursing facility services payment system (October 5, 2007)

Medicare payment basics: Oxygen and oxygen equipment payment system (October 5, 2007)

Testimony: Improving Medicare Efficiency and Value (April 18, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: The Medicare Advantage Program and MedPAC Recommendations (Finance, April 11, 2007)

U.S. Senate, Committee on Finance

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System for Long-Term Care Hospitals, RY 2008: Proposed Annual Payment Rate Updates, and Policy Changes; and Proposed Hospital Direct and Indirect Graduate Medical Education Policy Changes (March 22, 2007)

Testimony: The Medicare Advantage Program and MedPAC Recommendations (March 21, 2007)

Testimony: Assessing Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate System (Ways and Means, March 6, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: Assessing Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate System (Energy and Commerce, March 6, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: Assessing Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate System (Energy and Commerce, March 6, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: Assessing Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate System (Ways and Means, March 6, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health

Contractor report: The extended hospital medical staff: Multi-specialty group practice for all? (March 1, 2007)

News release: MedPAC releases reports on Medicare payment policy and the sustainable growth rate (March 1, 2007)

Report to the Congress: Assessing Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate System (March 1, 2007)

Testimony: Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 1, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: Assessing Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate System (March 1, 2007)

U.S. Senate, Committee on Finance

Contractor report: Closures of Hospital-Based SNF Units: Insights from Interviews with Administrators, Discharge Planners and Referring Physicians (March 2007)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by the Urban Institute

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2007)

Context for Medicare payment policy (Chapter 1, March 2007 report)

Hospital inpatient and outpatient services (Chapter 2A, March 2007 report)

Physician services (Chapter 2B, March 2007 report)

Outpatient dialysis services (Chapter 2C, March 2007 report)

Post-acute care providers: An overview of issues (Chapter 3, March 2007 report)

Skilled nursing facility services (Chapter 3A, March 2007 report )

Home health services (Chapter 3B, March 2007 report)

Inpatient rehabilitation facility services (Chapter 3C, March 2007 report)

Long-term care hospital services (Chapter 3D, March 2007 report)

Update on Medicare private plans (Chapter 4, March 2007 report)

Comment letter: Coverage with evidence development (February 8, 2007)

Report to the Congress: Impact of Changes in Medicare Payments for Part B Drugs (January 2007)

Report to the Congress: Rural Payment Provisions in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (December 2006)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule on Medicare Part D data (December 1, 2006)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled: Medicare program; Revisions to payment policies under the physician fee schedule for calendar year 2007 and other changes to payment under Part B (October 11, 2006)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled: Proposed changes to the hospital outpatient PPS and CY 2007 rates; proposed CY 2007 update to the ASC covered procedures list; and proposed changes to the ASC payment system and CY 2008 payment rates (October 10, 2006)

Contractor report: Further Analyses of Medicare Procedures Provided in Multiple Ambulatory Settings (final report, October 2006)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by RAND Health.

Contractor report: Further Analyses of Medicare Procedures Provided in Multiple Ambulatory Settings (introduction, October 2006)

Introduction to a study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by RAND Health.