Medicare Margins and you. Your home health agency generated a positive Medicare margin last year. Is that good? It is certainly better than a loss. But a positive Medicare margin does not necessarily mean an agency is performing well. Suppose your agency generated a...
the March 2026 MedPAC Report to Congress The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) published this report on Thursday, March 12, 2026 General Outtakes Regarding Medicare Growth and Spending Following are my outtakes regarding the March 2026 MedPAC Report to...
Case-Mix Weights are a numeric representation of a beneficiary’s acuity level, The greater the Case-Mix Weight, the greater the acuity. The Case-Mix Weight is used by CMS to help allocate resources ($) for the care of any given beneficiary.
The MedPac Payment Policy Report The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPac) released their latest Medicare Payment Policy report to Congress on March 15, 2017. There are fourteen chapters and some additional administrative information in this report - see the...