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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.

Recommendations	Topic(s)	Date	Appeared In
Long-term care hospital services The Secretary should eliminate the update to payment rates for long-term care hospital services for rate year 2008.	Post-acute care	March 2007	March 2007 - Chapter 3D
Skilled nursing facility services The Congress should eliminate the update to payment rates for skilled nursing facility services for fiscal year 2008.	Post-acute care	March 2007	March 2007 - Chapter 3A
Home health services The Congress should eliminate the update to payment rates for home health care services for calendar year 2007.	Post-acute care	March 2006	March 2006 - Chapter 4B
Inpatient rehabilitation facility services The Congress should eliminate the update to payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facility services for fiscal year 2007.	Post-acute care	March 2006	March 2006 - Chapter 4D
Long-term care hospital services The Congress should eliminate the update to payment rates for long-term care hospital services for 2007.	Post-acute care	March 2006	March 2006 - Chapter 4C
Skilled nursing facility services (1) The Congress should eliminate the update to payment rates for skilled nursing facility services for fiscal year 2007.	Post-acute care	March 2006	March 2006 - Chapter 4A
Skilled nursing facility services (2) The Secretary should modify the PPS for skilled nursing facilities to more accurately capture the cost of providing care to different types of patients. This new system should: * Reflect clinically relevant categories of patients; * More accurately distribute payments for nontherapy ancillary services; * Improve incentives to provide rehabilitation services based on the need… Read more »	Delivery system reforms Post-acute care	March 2006	March 2006 - Chapter 4A
Skilled nursing facility services (3) To improve quality measurement, the Secretary should: * Collect information on activities of daily living at admission and at discharge; * Develop and use more quality indicators, including process measures, specific to short-stay patients in skilled nursing facilities; and * Put a high priority on developing appropriate quality measures for pay for performance.	Post-acute care Quality	March 2006	March 2006 - Chapter 4A
Home health services The Congress should eliminate the update to payment rates for home health care services for calendar year 2006.	Post-acute care	March 2005	March 2005 - Chapter 2D
Skilled nursing facility services (1) The Congress should eliminate the update to payment rates for skilled nursing facility services for fiscal year 2006.	Post-acute care	March 2005	March 2005 - Chapter 2C