Will Congress SNUB SNFs? (Under the Wire).The Medicare Payment Noun 1. medicare payment - a check reimbursing an aged person for the expenses of health care medicare check bank check, check, cheque - a written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check" Advisory Commission (MedPAC MedPAC Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (US government) ) has recommended that Congress raise Medicare payments for health care providers across the board- except for freestanding free·stand·ing adj. Standing or operating independently of anything else: a freestanding bell tower; a freestanding maternity clinic. nursing homes. The bipartisan panel calls for Medicare Medicare, national health insurance program in the United States for persons aged 65 and over and the disabled. It was established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and is now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. hikes for physicians, hospitals, and home care agencies. And, while MedPAC recommends a 10 percent basic rate increase plus a 2.8 percent inflation update for all hospital-based SNFs, it has determined that current payment rates for freestanding SNFs are sufficient. |
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