Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System (June 2025)
Summary
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recently released its annual Report to Congress, outlining improvements to Medicare payment systems and issues affecting the Medicare program, including changes to health care delivery and the market for health care services. The seven chapters of the June 2025 report cover the following topics:
- Reforming the physician fee schedule updates and improving the accuracy of relative payment rates.
- Supplemental benefits in Medicare Advantage
- Examining home health care use among Medicare Advantage enrollees.
- Part D prescription drug plans for beneficiaries in fee-for-service Medicare and Medicare Advantage.
- Medicare beneficiaries in nursing homes.
- Medicare’s measurement of rural provider quality.
- Reducing beneficiary cost sharing for outpatient services at critical hospitals.
Read the report to learn more.
- Reforming the physician fee schedule updates and improving the accuracy of relative payment rates.
- Supplemental benefits in Medicare Advantage
- Examining home health care use among Medicare Advantage enrollees.
- Part D prescription drug plans for beneficiaries in fee-for-service Medicare and Medicare Advantage.
- Medicare beneficiaries in nursing homes.
- Medicare’s measurement of rural provider quality.
- Reducing beneficiary cost sharing for outpatient services at critical hospitals.
Read the report to learn more.
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