2007 MedPAC Releases Updated Medicare Basics Documents

On October 5, 2007, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released updated documents for its Medicare Basics and Medicare Payment Basics series. The documents include a document entitled Medicare Benefit Design and the following documents which provide an overview of individual Medicare payment systems:

Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Physician Services
Psychiatric Hospital Services
Rehabilitation Facilities
Medicare Part D
Outpatient Therapy Services
Medicare Advantage Program
Outpatient Dialysis Services
Outpatient Hospital Services
Home Health Care Services
Hospice Services
Hospital Acute Inpatient Services
Long-Term Care Hospitals
Clinical Laboratory Services
Critical Access Hospitals
Durable Medical Equipment
Ambulatory Surgical Centers

MedPAC is an independent federal body established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to advise Congress on issues affecting the Medicare program.

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