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Get the Lowdown on MedPac Recommendations

Severity of impact on FFS will depend on how changes are implemented. If the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC’s) payment update recommendations are accepted by Medicare, you can expect dynamic change in 2015, including a rise in inpatient payment rates and equalizing payment differences across long-term care hospitals and acute-care hospitals.   MedPAC met on January 15-16, 2015, to finalize [...]
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