The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ( MedPAC ) is an independent, non-partisan legislative branch agency headquartered in Washington, D.C. MedPAC was established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (P.L. 105–33). The BBA formed MedPAC by merging two predecessor commissions, the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (ProPAC), established in 1983, and the Physician Payment Review Commission (PPRC), which was formed in 1985.
8-618: The commission's 17 members bring diverse expertise in the financing and delivery of health care services. Commissioners are appointed to three-year terms (subject to renewal) by the Comptroller General of the United States and serve part-time. Its primary role is to advise the US Congress on issues affecting the administration of the Medicare program. Specifically the commission's mandate
16-643: A United States health organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Comptroller General of the United States The Comptroller General of the United States is the director of the Government Accountability Office (GAO, formerly known as the General Accounting Office), a legislative-branch agency established by Congress in 1921 to ensure the fiscal and managerial accountability of
24-681: Is to advise the US Congress on payments to private health plans participating in Medicare and providers in Medicare's traditional fee-for-service program. MedPAC is also relied on by Medicare administrators and policy makers to evaluate beneficiaries' access to care, quality of care, and other issues affecting the Medicare program and its beneficiaries. MedPAC produces two major reports to the United States Congress each year that contain recommendations to improve Medicare. This article about
32-560: The Congress and the president. For every fiscal year since 1996, when consolidated financial statements began, the comptroller general has refused to endorse the accuracy of the consolidated figures for the federal budget, citing "(1) serious financial management problems at the Department of Defense, (2) the federal government’s inability to adequately account for and reconcile intragovernmental activity and balances between federal agencies, and (3)
40-618: The federal government. The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 "created an establishment of the Government to be known as the General Accounting Office, which shall be independent of the executive departments and under the control and direction of the Comptroller General of the United States". The act also provided that the "Comptroller General shall investigate, at the seat of government or elsewhere, all matters relating to
48-411: The federal government’s ineffective process for preparing the consolidated financial statements." The current comptroller general is Eugene Louis Dodaro , who assumed office on December 22, 2010. He was preceded by David M. Walker . On February 15, 2008, Walker announced that he was resigning from GAO to head The Peter G. Peterson Foundation . Eugene Louis Dodaro became acting comptroller general of
56-651: The office of comptroller general is to become vacant the current comptroller general must appoint an executive or employee of the GAO to serve as the acting comptroller general until such time as a new comptroller general is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The comptroller general has the responsibility to audit the financial statements that the treasury secretary and the Office of Management and Budget director present to
64-495: The receipt, disbursement, and application of public funds, and shall make to the President when requested by him, and to Congress... recommendations looking to greater economy or efficiency in public expenditures." The comptroller general is appointed for fifteen years by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate per 31 U.S.C. § 703 . Also per 31 U.S.C. § 703 when
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