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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.
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1999
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- National Library of Medicine. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020406. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020406
- Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_Payment_Advisory_Commission
- Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6806637