title: Medicare Advisory Commission focuses on quality of care, patient safety.
abstract: The issue of quality of care dominated the new report on Medicare payment policy of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, submitted to Congress last month. The report notes that Medicare beneficiaries--mirroring trends in care for the rest of the population--face "significant gaps between care known to be effective and the care delivered"--especially where patient safety issues are concerned.
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006278:Medicare; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States