CMS Releases UPAC Payment System Prototype Report (SNF)

CMS released its Unified Post-Acute Care (UPAC) Prototype Payment System Report to Congress. The IMPACT Act mandated a UPAC Prototype Report be developed by MedPAC and CMS for Congress, but Congress is not required to act upon the report. 

In the report, CMS describes its proposed approach but also discusses an extensive list of additional work areas needed before Congress should consider action. Furthermore, it does not include legislative recommendations because additional analyses would need to be done prior to testing or implementation of a UPAC payment system. CMS also notes that the Agency would need Congressional statutory authority to enact UPAC, which would be challenging in the short term.

AHCA developed a short summary of the report and will provide an in-depth analysis soon. Please contact Mike Cheek with questions.