Jun 15, 2026 / Reports

June 2026 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System

Research Areas:

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

Jun 15, 2026 / Chapters

Executive summary (June 2026 report)

Research Areas:

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

Jun 15, 2026 / Chapters

Chapter 1: Improving payment incentives in Medicare (June 2026 report)

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Delivery System Reforms, Medicare Spending and Financing, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Private Plans, Quality

Jun 15, 2026 / Chapters

Chapter 2: The complexity of Medicare enrollment decisions for beneficiaries (June 2026 report)

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Private Plans

Jun 15, 2026 / Chapters

Chapter 4: Estimated association between Medicare Advantage enrollment and hospitals’ and post-acute care providers’ finances (June 2026 report)

Research Areas:

Hospitals, Post-Acute Care, Private Plans

Apr 13, 2026 / Transcripts

April 2026 public meeting transcript

Research Areas:

Ambulatory Care Settings, Beneficiaries and Coverage, Delivery System Reforms, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing, Post-Acute Care, Private Plans, Quality, Regional Issues

Apr 10, 2026 / Presentations

Estimated association between Medicare Advantage enrollment and hospitals’ and post-acute care providers’ finances

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing, Post-Acute Care, Private Plans, Regional Issues

Apr 10, 2026 / Presentations

Improving payment incentives in Medicare

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Medicare Spending and Financing, Private Plans

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