October 6, 2011

Improving Payment and Care Under Medicare's Inpatient Psychiatric Benefit

The presentation was given by Dana Kelly at the October 2011 meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). It includes details about 2009 fee-for-service Medicare utilization and spending for inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs) including freestanding and dedicated hospital units, and psychiatric care provided by general hospital scatter beds. The analysis includes patient demographics and a review of differences in utilization and billing at freestanding IPFs by facility ownership structure.