Medicare Demos Should Not Be Used To Boost Provider Payments – MedPAC
Executive Summary
Medicare demonstration projects should be used to test innovations in delivery and quality of care and not to increase payments to providers, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) agreed at a Dec. 8 meeting
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