Health Affairs This Week | Peering into the MedPAC crystal ball for the future of Medicare payments

Listen to Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander discuss the recent Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act and the latest report from MedPAC.

Show Notes

June is shaping to be a busy month in the health policy space. Two major events happened this week alone.

First, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) survived its latest legal challenge in the Supreme Court. After facing many court challenges, the 2010 policy is still the law of the land.

Also, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) sent a report to Congress on Tuesday making many recommendations to revamp Medicare payments. It's recommendations are not binding but the group is influential in the health policy community. In the report, the advisory group called for streamlining alternative payment models (APMs) and changing how Medicare Advantage benchmarks are calculated.

On this episode of Health Affairs This Week, Senior Editors Leslie Erdelack and Jessica Bylander discuss the recent Supreme Court decision and try and demystify what MedPAC is and highlight some of the agency's recommendations from the recent report.

Related Links:

MedPAC June 2021 Report
Affordable Care Act Survives Latest Supreme Court Challenge (The New York Times)
LIVE with Liz Fowler, Director Of The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (A Health Podyssey)
Private Equity Investments In Health Care: An Overview Of Hospital And Health System Leveraged Buyouts, 2003-17 (Health Affairs)
Understanding Private Equity Investment In Hospitals (A Health Podyssey)

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