MedPAC sees no broad Medicare Advantage hit to hospital finances
Recent growth in Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment is not associated with an adverse impact on the finances of hospitals and post-acute care providers, based on findings of an observational study by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). However, the shift of beneficiaries from traditional Medicare to MA is affecting providers operationally and could be skewing…
Site-neutral payments could lead to $7.4 billion in Medicare cuts
A study found that a proposed Medicare site-neutral payment policy would cut payments by 50% across affected services, with the most aggressive proposal saving $7.4 billion annually, with the majority of savings coming from larger nonprofit hospitals.