American Hospital Association January 16, 2025
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today voted to recommend that Congress update Medicare payment rates for hospital inpatient and outpatient services by the current law amount plus 1% for 2026 and reiterated its recommendation to distribute an additional $4 billion to safety-net hospitals by transitioning to a Medicare safety-net index policy. The AHA last week urged the committee for higher updates.
In other action, MedPAC recommended that Congress update 2026 Medicare payments for physicians and other health professional services by the Medicare Economic Index minus one percentage and enact a non-budget-neutral add-on payment under the physician fee schedule to services provided to low-income...
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