MedPAC, MACPAC release March reports to Congress

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today released its March report to Congress, which includes recent recommendations for hospital and other Medicare payment systems in fiscal year 2023 and a description of its prototype value-based purchasing program for post-acute care providers. 

In other news, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission also released its March report to Congress, which looks at state flexibility and funding to transition Medicaid beneficiaries from institutional settings back into the community; Medicaid access to vaccines for adults; and Medicaid disproportionate share hospital allotments to states for hospitals that serve a high proportion of Medicaid and low-income patients.