Medicare Payment Policy

• Along A with th he recommend dations inclu uded in this leetter,
the Commmission
is ooffering
a sett
of
sa avings option ns for the pur rpose of assis sting the Conngress
in offssetting
the buudgetary
costt
of
re epealing the SGR S system. . The project ted savings ammounts
are uunofficial,
baased
on MedPPAC
st taff estimates s, and subject t to change.
• The T options ar re divided int to two tiers. Tier I—abouut
$50 billionn—contains
pproposals
thaat
ha ave been recommended
by b the Comm mission in preevious
reportss
or commennt
letters. Tierr
II—
ab bout $170 billion—contains
options in nformed by ooutside
(e.g., , the Office oof
Inspector
General, G Depa artment of He ealth and Hu uman Servicees;
Congressiional
Budget Office optioons)
an nd MedPAC staff analysi is. The Comm mission has nnot
voted on or recommennded
the itemms
on
th he Tier II list.
The exclusi ion of policie es from this llist
should noot
be construeed
as a statemment
of f MedPAC’s s position on such policies s.
• In n the statute creating c Med dPAC, the Co ongress chargges
the Commmission
withh
reviewing
Medicare M poli icies, includin ng their relat tionship to acccess
and quaality
of care ffor
Medicaree
be eneficiaries. Therefore, all
of the offse et options onn
this list are Medicare poolicies;
the
Congress C coul ld choose to employ other r savings or rrevenue
offseets
includingg
those from
ou utside of Medicare.
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