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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC)

Dialysis Medicare Margins Tightening

Medicare margins for dialysis clinics fell for all providers in 2010, but they were much tighter for rural clinics and clinics not affiliated with DaVita or Fresenius. ...More
December 16, 2011
Posted in Blog, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
MedPAC Adds Two New Members

WASHINGTON—The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has added two new members to its ranks and has reappointed three existing members. ...More
June 3, 2011
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
The Transition Adjuster Issue Lingers

The new year is here, the bundle is here, and the transition adjuster is still here. ...More
January 24, 2011
Posted in Blog, Business, Government & Regulation
MedPAC Votes for 1% Dialysis Payment Increase for 2012

WASHINGTON—The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted Jan. 13 to increase the dialysis payment rate by 1 percent in 2012. ...More
January 19, 2011
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
MedPAC Estimates 1.3% Dialysis Medicare Margin in 2011

WASHINTGON—The Medicare margin for all dialysis providers is expected to be 1.3 percent in 2011, which is the first full year of the new dialysis bundled payment system, according to a Dec. 2 MedPAC meeting presentation. ...More
December 10, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
Feds Charge Dozens in Largest Medicare Fraud Ever

A network of Armenian gangsters used fake healthcare clinics and other scams in an effort to cheat Medicare out of $163 million, according to U.S. authorities. This is the most extensive fraud by one outlet in the program's history. ...More
October 14, 2010
Posted in News, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Obama Wants to Give MedPAC Power Over Payments

In a letter sent Tuesday to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and his counterpart on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), President Barack Obama has thrown his support behind a measure that would give the ...More
June 4, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
MedPAC: Looking to the Future of ESRD Payment

It was with great interest that I recently reviewed the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s March 2009 “Report to the Congress, Medicare Payment Policy.” ...More
June 2, 2009
Posted in Articles, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Kuhn, Berenson Named to MedPAC Panel

WASHINGTON—Herb Kuhn, independent healthcare consultant and former deputy administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will be joining the influential Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). ...More
May 13, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
Medicare Spent $8.6 billion on Dialysis in 2007

WASHINGTON— Medicare spending for dialysis and dialysis drugs reached $8.6 billion in 2007, an increase of 2 percent over 2006, according to a recent government report. ...More
March 3, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation