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MedPAC has published an updated version of "A Data Book: Healthcare Spending and the Medicare Program." This annual report can be accessed by clicking the first link under recent products below.
The Data Book contains the type of information that MedPAC provides in publications like the March or June reports; it also combines data from other sources, such as CMS. It is condensed into tables and figures with brief discussion. Web links to MedPAC publications or other websites are included after the table or figure or on a "Web links" page at the end of each section.
MedPAC has also released its June 2004 Report to the Congress: New Approaches in Medicare. This report fulfills MedPAC’s legislative mandate to examine issues affecting the Medicare program, including the implications of changes in health care delivery for the Medicare program. In this report, we:
discuss issues in implementing the new drug benefit and the new chronic care management program mandated under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
provide a detailed analysis of beneficiaries who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
consider potential improvements to purchasing and paying for services under the traditional fee-for-service Medicare program. We review innovations in purchasing by the private sector, recommend ways of better targeting the use of long-term care hospitals, and discuss the need for better accountability in the payment and quality measurement systems for hospice.
explore diffusion of health care information technology—a critical issue in promoting improvements in care coordination and quality for Medicare beneficiaries and others.
To view the table of contents with links to individual chapters, please select the third item under recent products below.
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