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Descriptor English: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Descriptor Spanish: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Descriptor Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Entry term(s) MEDPAC
Scope note: La Comisión fue creada por la Balanced Budget Act de 1997 bajo el Título XVIII. Está encargada específicamente de revisar el efecto del Medicare+Choice de Medicare Part C y de revisar las políticas de pago de los Apartados A y B. También suele encargarse de evaluar el efecto de las políticas de pago prospectivo y su impacto en la prestación de cuidados de salud en los Estados Unidos. Para formar MEDPAC se han fusionado la antigua Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (ProPAC) y la Physician Payment Review Commission (PPRC).
Descriptor Portuguese: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Descriptor French: Commission consultative indépendante MEDPAC (USA)
Entry term(s): MEDPAC
Tree number(s): N03.219.521.710.305.200.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020406
Scope note: The Commission was created by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 under Title XVIII. It is specifically charged to review the effect of Medicare+Choice under Medicare Part C and to review payment policies under Parts A and B. It is also generally charged to evaluate the effect of prospective payment policies and their impact on health care delivery in the US. The former Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (ProPAC) and the Physician Payment Review Commission (PPRC) were merged to form MEDPAC.
Annotation: CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
Related: Physician Payment Review Commission MeSH
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission MeSH
DeCS ID: 33934
Unique ID: D020406
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Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Revision Date: 2015/06/05
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission - Preferred
Concept UI M0030056
Scope note The Commission was created by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 under Title XVIII. It is specifically charged to review the effect of Medicare+Choice under Medicare Part C and to review payment policies under Parts A and B. It is also generally charged to evaluate the effect of prospective payment policies and their impact on health care delivery in the US. The former Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (ProPAC) and the Physician Payment Review Commission (PPRC) were merged to form MEDPAC.
Preferred term Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Entry term(s) MEDPAC



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