In its March 2023 report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommended adjusting the fee-for-service (FFS) base payment rate for acute care hospitals in 2024 by an amount equaling the current...more
- Tucked into a massive Medicare payment rule is a proposal to fundamentally change how CMS sets hospital payment rates. - Recognizing that a hospital’s chargemaster rarely reflects true market costs, CMS seeks to use...more
While Medicare’s path toward pay for performance (P4P) has evolved over time, 2015 is proving to be a landmark year. July marked the 50th anniversary of the Medicare program. And in self-described “historic announcements”...more