… The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services continues to propose and implement
alternative payment models (APMs) to shift Medicare payment away from fee-for-service and …

… We projected Medicare payment policy from 2015 to 2030 under four scenarios: a “pre-…
The pre-MACRA baseline represents a counterfactual in which Medicare payment policy for …

… on the probability of enrollment in a Medicare+Choice plan. … of the Medicare program,
payments to Medicare+Choice (M+… formula that takes data on historical Medicare fee-for-service (…

… ’s March Report to the Congress and our recommendations on Medicare payment policy. …
trend of higher Medicare spending without a commensurate increase in value to the program. (…

… Medicare Advantage program, which now provides coverage for almost 40% of Medicare …
Studies show that Medicare Advantage beneficiaries receive similar or better quality of care, …

… , and because of payment policy decisions and selection, the MA program is viewed as having
… funds for the Medicare program. Recent changes in Medicare policy, including improved …

… payments should be incorporated into the new payment … to complicated policy problems,
set out options that Congress … of the administrations prospective payment policy. Over the …

… plan, the government pays the plan a capitation payment meant to cover the cost of providing
her Medicare … FFS costs as an estimate for plan per-enrollee payments. The next section …

… policy issues in Medicare payment affecting the fee-for-service traditional Medicare program
(payment for hospitals, clinics, physicians, and home health agencies), the M+C program for …

… in the Medicare Advantage program, which provides coverage for 17 million Medicare
recipients. … Our results indicate that the increased reimbursements paid to urban floor counties …