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 12: The Medicare Advantage program: Status report (March 2026 Report)

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Medicare Spending and Financing, Private Plans

Mar 04, 2026 / Transcripts

March 2026 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, Private Plans, Quality

Mar 03, 2026 / Presentations

The complexity of Medicare enrollment decisions for beneficiaries

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Private Plans

Mar 02, 2026 / Presentations

Considerations for implementing Medicare Advantage encounter data in risk adjustment

Research Areas:

Medicare Spending and Financing, Private Plans

Mar 02, 2026 / Presentations

Provider participation in MA networks

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Hospitals, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Private Plans

Feb 25, 2026 / Comment Letters

MedPAC comment on CMS’s advance notice of methodological changes for CY 2027 for Medicare Advantage capitation rates and Part C and D payment policies

Research Areas:

Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Private Plans

Jan 22, 2026 / Comment Letters

MedPAC comment on CMS’s proposed rule on policy and technical changes to the Medicare Advantage Program and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program for 2027

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Medicare Spending and Financing, Private Plans

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