Saturday, October 26, 2024

Very Brief Blog: MEDPAC and 20 Chapters on CMS Payment Systems

A brief note - MedPAC updates its roster of 20 PDF chapters about each of the CMS payment systems.

https://www.medpac.gov/document-type/payment-basic/

These are concise - for example, the lab reimbursement summary doesn't cover a lot of its details.  However, if you need an intro to a CMS payment system you don't already work in, these 20 entry points can be a good place to start.   Plus, it's a testament to the fact that there ARE twenty separate, largely unlinked payment systems (DME, physicians, ESRD, and so on).