On October 25, LeadingAge submitted comments on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) October 2024 meeting and the following presentations: Medicare beneficiaries in nursing homes, supplemental benefits in Medicare Advantage, work plan for a mandated final report on the impact of recent changes to the home health prospective payment system, and initial estimates of home health care use among Medicare Advantage enrollees.

Our comments emphasize LeadingAge’s priorities for nursing home and home health providers and reiterate longstanding concerns with Medicare Advantage plans. “We strongly believe that it is abhorrent for plans to be paid 22% more than Medicare FFS, while underpaying SNFs and HHAs by 20-50%. This trend cannot continue, or we risk not only depleting the Medicare Trust Fund sooner but also risk destabilizing the health care system more broadly,” the comments say.

Read the full comment letter here.