March 2018 MEDPAC Report To The Congress: Medicare Payment Policy

The report was released in March 2018 by the Medicare Payment and Access Commission (MedPAC). The document is MedPAC's semi-annual report to Congress on Medicare payment policies. Topics include: recommendations for fee-for-service (FFS) payment rate updates, the equity of Medicare post-acute care payments, trends in Medicare Advantage enrollment and payments, and trends in Part D plan enrollment and plan offerings. It also includes a chapter that recommends moving beyond the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS); and a chapter responding to a Congressional mandate on telehealth in Medicare . . .