Becker's Healthcare March 14, 2025
Andrew Cass

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is recommending Congress increase Medicare base payment rates for general acute care hospitals by the amount specified in current law, plus 1% in 2026, according to its March 2025 report to legislators.

MedPAC is also recommending Congress redistribute existing disproportionate-share-hospital and uncompensated-care payments through the Medicare Safety-Net Index and add $4 billion to the MSNI pool.

“The MSNI funds would be distributed to hospitals across their (fee-for-service) and Medicare Advantage patients,” the group of Medicare policy experts wrote. “This recommendation would better target limited Medicare resources toward those hospitals that are key sources of care for low-income Medicare beneficiaries and are facing financial challenges.”

MedPAC said that in 2023, fee-for-service Medicare payment adequacy...

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