Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Kameron Matthews, MD, JD, FAAFP
Kameron Matthews MD, JD is a board-certified family physician and currently serves as Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Community Care at the Veterans Health Administration in Washington DC. She earned her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University and her law degree from the University of Chicago.
How Patient Case-Mix Adjustment affects Pay-for-Performance Payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has a pay-for-performance pilot program that links hospital process performance to financial incentives. This paper sought to determine whether patient case mix alters overall performance ratings relative to other hospitals and whether adjustments Continue Reading …
Disparities in Access to Outpatient Care
A recent paper questions the availability of timely and affordable outpatient follow-up to emergency department visits in Washington, D.C. Under DC Alliance, a managed care prototype program for low income residents, Washington D.C. provides care to individuals with incomes less than Continue Reading …
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