Medicare Update
MedPAC Proposal Likely Won't Make Medicare Bill
The final Medicare reform bill in Congress won't likely incorporate the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) recommendation to cap ambulatory surgery center payments. Neither the House nor the Senate versions of the bill include the recommended provisions that would have reduced as many as 358 ASC payments to the hospital outpatient department (HOPD) rate for the same procedure. The news for ASCs is not all good.