Mar 12, 2026 / Reports

March 2026 Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy

Research Areas:

Ambulatory Care Settings, Beneficiaries and Coverage, Delivery System Reforms, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Post-Acute Care, Private Plans

Mar 12, 2026 / Chapters

Executive summary (March 2026 Report)

Research Areas:

Ambulatory Care Settings, Beneficiaries and Coverage, Delivery System Reforms, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Post-Acute Care, Private Plans

Mar 12, 2026 / Chapters

Chapter 3: Hospital inpatient and outpatient services (March 2026 Report)

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing

Jan 20, 2026 / Transcripts

January 2026 public meeting transcript

Research Areas:

Ambulatory Care Settings, Beneficiaries and Coverage, Delivery System Reforms, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Post-Acute Care, Private Plans

Jan 16, 2026 / Presentations

Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: Hospital inpatient and outpatient services

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing

Dec 09, 2025 / Transcripts

December 2025 public meeting transcript

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Delivery System Reforms, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Post-Acute Care, Quality, Regional Issues

Dec 04, 2025 / Presentations

Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments: Hospital inpatient and outpatient services

Research Areas:

Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing

Nov 18, 2025 / Payment Basics

Outpatient hospital services payment system

Research Areas:

Ambulatory Care Settings

Sep 12, 2025 / Comment Letters

MedPAC comment on CMS’s proposed rule on the payment systems for hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers for CY 2026

Research Areas:

Ambulatory Care Settings, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing

Jul 17, 2025 / Data Book

July 2025 Data Book: Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program

Research Areas:

Ambulatory Care Settings, Beneficiaries and Coverage, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Post-Acute Care, Private Plans, Quality