Long-Term Care

MedPAC recommends a neutral Medicare payment plan

Contemporary Long-Term Care Weekly, March 29, 2007

Medicare payment plans, such as fee-for-service, private fee-for-service, and managed care plans should be neutral and not influence a beneficiary's choice, said the executive director of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), reported by cch.com, a leading provider of tax and business law information. MedPAC presented during a policy forum in Washington, DC, in mid-March and called for Medicare to pay the same for those who choose either fee-for-service or managed care plans. MedPAC is looking to pay equally across all types of plans. For example, Medicare pays 110% of fee-for-service, but pays out 119% for private fee-for-service plans, reported cch.com. Additionally in its annual recommendation for skilled nursing facilities, MedPAC is recommending that Congress eliminates the update to the payment rates for 2008.

 

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