MedPAC Finalizes 2013 Medicare Pay Rate Recommendations

One percent update for inpatient services, cap of outpatient “evaluation and management” services to physician rates supported by influential congressional advisory group.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommended a small 1% update for hospital inpatient services for 2013, and took a harder line on cost-containment for some services in the hospital outpatient space during a Jan. 12 meeting in Washington, D.C.

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