Going forward, the real issue is whether Congress will adopt bold or timid Medicare payment reforms. Lawmakers could merely tweak Medicare’s complex payment formula, or they could lay the ...

Physician payment reform has once again worked its way onto ... legislative activity has focused on discrete reforms to the Medicare physician fee schedule that attempt to improve the fee-for ...

It is well past time for Congress to reform Medicare physician payments. Current law is not only failing the hundreds of thousands of doctors who participate in the giant program, but also the ...

There needs to be a systematic reform that makes Medicare payment rational, predictable and sustainable," Scott said. There are some provisions in the Medicare PFS that provider groups cheered ...

Medicare beneficiaries will see several key changes in 2026 as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services continues to implement Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provisions and adjusts various program ...

Needed reforms can be phased in over a period of ... for Health Policy & Economics and is a former vice chair of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Steve Lieberman is a nonresident senior ...

In its 2024 report, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC ... is a vital program but is unsustainable without proactive reforms to rein in overpayments while boosting transparency ...

KFF laid out five things to know about site-neutral payment reforms in a June 14 article: 1. Medicare pays more for procedures and services in hospital outpatient departments than ASCs or physician ...

This year, the government is expected to pay about $84 billion more for ... Biden administration had already sought to reform its risk model for Medicare Advantage plans to limit abusive practices ...