MEDPAC Releases June Report to Congress

The Health Group 

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (“MedPAC”) has released the June 2022 Report to Congress, Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System.  The Report includes seven (7) chapters devoted to:

• Ways to streamline and harmonize Medicare’s portfolio of alternative payment models,
• Vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries’ access to care,
• A framework for identifying safety-net providers,
• Addressing the high prices of drugs covered by Medicare Part B,
• Improving the accuracy of Medicare Advantage payments,
• Aligning fee-for-service payment rates across ambulatory settings, and
• Segmentation in the stand-alone Part D prescription drug plan market.

The entire Report is available here.