Becker's Healthcare June 18, 2018
Kelly Gooch

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has released its June 2018 report on Medicare and healthcare delivery to Congress, which includes two recommendations to ensure appropriate access to and use of hospital emergency department services in rural and urban areas.

Here are seven takeaways from MedPAC’s June report:

1. MedPAC recommends Congress creating an outpatient-only hospital voluntary option, saying this would help ensure isolated rural communities maintain access to needed ED services. The commission also recommends Medicare pay urban off-campus EDs the Type A payment rates (for EDs open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week) reduced by 30 percent. This recommendation “would better align payments with costs and make off-campus ED rates similar to Type B rates...

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Topics: CMS, Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, MACRA, Market Research, Payment Models, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Trends, Value Based
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