Last week the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met in Washington, D.C. to discuss a number of Medicare payment issues.
The issues on MedPAC’s September agenda were:
- the coronavirus pandemic and Medicare
- context for Medicare payment policy
- report on the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014’s changes to the Medicare clinical laboratory fee schedule
- expansion of telehealth in Medicare
- Medicare coverage for vaccines
MedPAC is an independent congressional agency that advises Congress on issues involving the Medicare program. While its recommendations are not binding on either Congress or the administration, MedPAC is highly influential in governing circles and its recommendations often find their way into legislation, regulations, and new public policy. Because so many patients of private safety-net hospitals are insured by Medicare, MedPAC’s deliberations are especially important to those hospitals.
Go here for links to the policy briefs and presentations that supported MedPAC’s discussion of these issues.
