MedPAC
Releases Report of Medicare Payment Policy
Press release, fact
sheet, and 381-page
report (pdf format) from the Medicare Payment Advisory
Commission. Articles from Reuters
and Kaiser
Health News.
See pages 117-140 of the report for the section on outpatient
dialysis services. The Fee-for-Service payment update
recommendation for dialysis is:
- The Congress should update the composite rate by
the projected rate of increase in the ESRD market
basket index less the adjustment for productivity
growth for calendar year 2011 (a net updated of approximately
0.7%).
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