3.5: Provider Carve-Outs
ELIMINATE PROVIDER CARVE-OUTS FROM IPAB. Other Information:
Give the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) authority to make recommendations regarding hospitals and other exempted
providers. The Affordable Care Act established the Independent Payment Advisory Board to recommend changes in Medicare payment
policies if per-beneficiary Medicare spending grows too quickly. However, the law exempted certain provider groups, most notably
hospitals, from any short-term changes from IPAB’s authority. The Commission recommends eliminating these carve-outs.
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