MedPAC endorses cuts in hospital payments
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
"Updated recommendations of market basket minus 0.4% for inpatient and outpatient payments will balance an incentive for fiscal discipline with concern for the trend in Medicare margins," the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission states in its March report. The wording is in line with earlier statements by the commission (1"The Gray Sheet" Jan. 17, 2005, p. 20)...