The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) June report to Congress examined home health care use among Medicare ...

The commissioners commented at length on a work plan report presented by MedPAC senior analyst Katelyn Smalley, PhD, MSc, who noted that a 2018 evaluation by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

While Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made improvements following previous recommendations from the Medicare Advisory Commission ...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission June 13 released its June report to Congress that outlines recommendations for ...

The federal government should reconsider how it rates facilities in its Five-Star system, a key advisory group said in its report to Congress Thursday.

(THE CONVERSATION) Medicare Advantage – the commercial alternative to traditional Medicare – is drawing down federal health care funds, costing taxpayers an extra 22% per enrollee to the tune of US$83 ...

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) report (PDF) estimates the government will pay MA plans about $86 billion ...

Medicare physician pay should be increased yearly, with the increase based on the Medicare Economic Index (MEI), a measure of ...

The AHA June 10 urged (LINK) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide more adequate and timely payment updates for skilled nursing facilities in comments to the agency on the fiscal yea ...

Nursing home stakeholders remain cautiously optimistic regarding Medicare Advantage plan audits announced by the Centers for ...

Medicare Advantage plans have drawn the ire of lawmakers for aggressive coding. Investigations are underway. Some hope ...

Medicare pays hospital outpatient departments higher rates than ambulatory surgical centers and physician offices for providing similar health services. Policy makers are considering aligning payments ...