This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...
Q: Are new measures included in the expanded SNF VBP Program the same ones used in SNF QRP? A: Not entirely. Currently, the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) program uses the ...
Rewards tied to improved hospital readmission rates were so small and so variable from year to year that they likely contributed to a “lack of effectiveness” for a key nursing home financial incentive ...
For the 11 million dually eligible individuals enrolled in Medicaid managed care plans, states have a powerful yet underused payment tool to reward plans for producing better outcomes: state-directed ...
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) has commended HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and HHS for its framework to establish a Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) program for ambulatory ...
CMS will host a conference call for providers on its Value-Based Purchasing Program from 1:30-3:00 pm on Dec. 6. The call will outline the program and feature a sample hospital-specific performance ...
Family physicians utilizing value-based payment (VBP) models reported burnout relief in a new study from EHR company Elation Health and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The study ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is making updates to Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System ...
A recent study has identified the total performance score hospitals need to “break even” in the fiscal year 2013 value-based purchasing program, which is slated to begin Oct. 1. The study was authored ...
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