Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) generally responded favorably Thursday to a draft recommendation ...

MedPAC payment recommendations 2027 call for hospital base rate updates, physician payment increases, and cuts to home health and rehab services.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is once again beating the drum for reducing Medicare payment rates for ...

Just over a week after home health providers were hit with the announcement that their 2026 Medicare payment rates would be ...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission reviewed Medicare’s rural payment (pdf) adequacy in a meeting last Friday, finding the payments sufficient and effective for rural hospitals. MedPAC determined ...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) will recommend Congress bump Medicare pay rates for hospitals in 2026. In a public meeting held Thursday, the group’s commissioners voted in favor of ...

Commissioners on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission largely supported recommendations to increase pay for physicians and other health professionals by slightly less than inflation, and establish ...

Commissioners on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission expressed broad support on Thursday for linking annual changes to physician reimbursement to inflation, a measure which — if approved by ...

Congress’ Medicare advisory committee has made it clear that much work still needs to be done to bring alignment to post-acute care regulatory and payment matters. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Dec. 4 and 5 discussed draft payment update recommendations for 2027, which the ...

A report released Thursday showing how health plan agents receive hefty financial incentives to steer beneficiaries into Medicare Advantage (MA) plans -- rather than traditional Medicare and Medigap - ...