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The Independent Payment Advisory Board.
Pain Physician
November 2011
Pain Management Center of Paducah, Paducah, Kentucky, USA.
The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) is a vastly powerful component of the president's health care reform law, with authority to issue recommendations to reduce the growth in Medicare spending, providing recommendations to be considered by Congress and implemented by the administration on a fast track basis. Ever since its inception, IPAB has been one of the most controversial issues of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), even though the powers of IPAB are restricted and multiple sectors of health care have been protected in the law. IPAB works by recommending policies to Congress to help Medicare provide better care at a lower cost, which would include ideas on coordinating care, getting rid of waste in the system, providing incentives for best practices, and prioritizing primary care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe coming storm Medicare wage index overhaul signals changes for hospitals.
Healthc Financ Manage
February 2009
McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC, USA.
Recent recommendations by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) could, if implemented, substantially alter the wage index-and redistribute billions to hospitals in the process. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is expected to publish its recommendations soon. Whether CMS will endorse or reject MedPAC's recommendations is unclear.
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