On June 15, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) releases its June 2016 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System. The report examines a variety of Medicare payment system issues, including:
- Medicare drug spending in its broader context
- Medicare Part B drug and oncology payment policy issues
- Improving the Medicare Part D prescription drug program
- Using competitive pricing to set beneficiary premiums in Medicare
- Medicare’s new framework for paying clinicians
- Developing a unified payment system for post-acute care
- Improving efficiency and preserving access to emergency care in rural areas
- Telehealth services and the Medicare program
- Issues affecting dual-eligible beneficiaries.