The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is, once again, calling for federal policymakers to streamline alternative payment models within the Medicare program, Home Health Care News reports. Released late Wednesday, MedPAC’s June report details how that could theoretically be done.
The focus on alternative payment models should come as no surprise for those who have been watching closely. In June 2021, MedPAC recommended that the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) decrease the number of Medicare alternative payment models, and instead design models to work together more harmoniously. Read more.
