American Hospital Association urges Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to increase payment rates a…
The AHA today urged the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to update payment recommendations for hospitals, post-acute care facilities and physicians in advance of the commission's Jan. 16 public meeting. AHA urged MedPAC to issue a higher update than the current-law market basket update plus an additional 1% for the hospital inpatient and outpatient prospective payment systems. The AHA disagreed with a draft recommendation from the commission in December that would reduce fiscal year 2026 inpatient rehabilitation facility PPS payments by…