MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System, June 2023
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Description
Evaluates Medicare payment issues and provides recommendations to the U.S. Congress. Chapter 7 presents a report on the use, payment, and quality of telehealth services that Medicare pays for separately under the physician fee schedule (PFS). Also includes chapters on the cost of drugs covered under Medicare Part B, postsale rebates for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D, standardized benefits in Medicare Advantage plans, future directions for Medicare Advantage payment policy, disparities in outcomes for beneficiaries with different social risks, Medicare behavioral health services, the alignment of fee-for-service payment rates across ambulatory settings, and the evaluation of a post-acute care prospective payment system prototype.
Date
06/2023
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Document
Organization
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Behavioral health · Health insurance · Healthcare business and finance · Healthcare facilities · Medicare · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Policy · Post-acute care · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth