MedPAC releases June 2024 report on Medicare and the health care delivery system

MedPAC releases June 2024 report on Medicare and the health care delivery system
MedPac - Medicare Payment Advisory Commision; Press Release; 6/13/24
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released its June 2024 Report [on June 13, 2024] to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System. Each June, as part of its mandate from the Congress, MedPAC reports on improvements to Medicare payment systems, issues affecting the Medicare program, and changes to health care delivery and the market for health care services. This year’s report covers the following topics:

• Approaches for updating clinician payments and incentivizing participation in alternative payment models. ...
• Provider networks and prior authorization in Medicare Advantage. ...
• Assessing data sources for measuring health care utilization by Medicare Advantage enrollees: Encounter data and other sources. ...
• Paying for software technologies in Medicare. ...
• Considering ways to lower Medicare payment rates for select conditions in inpatient rehabilitation facilities. ...
• Medicare’s Acute Hospital Care at Home program. ...

The full report is available at MedPAC’s website (http://www.medpac.gov).