Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Releases Report to Congress on Medicare Payment Policy

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released it's March 2019Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy. It analyzes the payment adequacy in fee-for-service Medicare, reviews the status of Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D, reports on incentives for prescribing opioid and non-opioid pain treatment under Medicare's hospital inpatient and outpatient payment systems, and includes a recommendation that Congress replace the four current hospital quality payment programs with a single streamlined program.
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