On June 15, 2010, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) issued a report to Congress on “Aligning Incentives in Medicare.” Among other things, the report addresses: Medicare payment accuracy and moving away from volume incentives in fee-for-service Medicare; the Stark law in-office ancillary exception policy and options to change incentives that induce physicians to provide more ancillary services; performance-based payments; impediments to coordinated care for beneficiaries dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid; improvements to graduate medical education; ways to redesign Medicare benefit to encourage beneficiaries to seek higher value services; informing beneficiaries about their health care choices; and the role of CMS in a reformed delivery system.
