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 13: The Medicare prescription drug program (Part D): Status report (March 2026 Report)

Research Areas:

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

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

Jan 16, 2026 / Presentations

The Medicare prescription drug program (Part D): Status report

Research Areas:

Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Medicare Spending and Financing

Jan 16, 2026 / Presentations

Analyzing recent increases in Part D bids

Research Areas:

Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Medicare Spending and Financing

Nov 18, 2025 / Payment Basics

Part D payment system

Research Areas:

Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Private Plans

Jun 12, 2025 / Reports

June 2025 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