Commission Recommendations
MedPAC makes recommendations to the Congress and to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on issues affecting the administration of the Medicare program. With its recommendations, the Commission strives to improve the delivery of care, while ensuring financial stability and maximizing value for the program. After extensive analysis and evaluation, our recommendations are discussed and voted on by Commissioners in our public meetings. Recommendations are typically published in two main reports, released in March and June of each year.
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Inpatient rehabilitation facility servicesThe update to the payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facility services should be eliminated for fiscal year 2009. |
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Long-term care hospital servicesThe Secretary should update payment rates for long-term care hospitals for rate year 2009 by the projected rate of increase in the rehabilitation, psychiatric, and long-term care hospital market basket index less the Commission’s adjustment for productivity growth. |
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Skilled nursing facility services (1)The Congress should eliminate the update to payment rates for skilled nursing facility services for fiscal year 2009. |
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Skilled nursing facility services (2)The Congress should establish a quality incentive payment policy for skilled nursing facilities in Medicare. |
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Skilled nursing facility services (3)To improve quality measurement for skilled nursing facilities, the Secretary should: * Add the risk-adjusted rates of potentially avoidable rehospitalizations and community discharge to its publicly reported post-acute care quality measures; * Revise the pain, pressure ulcer, and delirium measures currently report on CMS’s Nursing Home Compare website; and * Require skilled nursing facilities to… Read more » |
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Home health servicesThe Congress should eliminate the update to payment rates for home health care services for calendar year 2008. |
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Inpatient rehabilitation facility servicesThe Congress should update payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation services by 1 percent for fiscal year 2008. |
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Long-term care hospital servicesThe Secretary should eliminate the update to payment rates for long-term care hospital services for rate year 2008. |
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Skilled nursing facility servicesThe Congress should eliminate the update to payment rates for skilled nursing facility services for fiscal year 2008. |
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Home health servicesThe Congress should eliminate the update to payment rates for home health care services for calendar year 2007. |
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