Tag: Payment policy
MedPAC report recommends increased pay for physicians, increased oversight of Medicare Advantage
March 16, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) recommends updating payments above current law for physicians and other health care professional services. It also recommends eliminating the update for outpatient dialysis services and hospice services; and reducing payments for skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and inpatient rehabilitation facilities.
In its March 2026 Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, MedPAC also recommends updating payments at...
MedPAC to CMS: Shift more products into bid program
November 22, 2017HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The Medicare Payment Advisory Committee made payment policy recommendations for non-competitively bid DMEPOS during a meeting earlier this month, according to Epstein Becker & Green, a healthcare law firm. MedPAC plans to recommend that CMS shift more products away from the “excessive” fee schedule to bid rates. It also plans to call for “immediate reduced payment rates for certain non-CBP products while CMS works on incorporating them into the CBP,” the law firm...