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Category: Medicare
Holding Caregivers Accountable
Payers for health services have attempted to restructure payment methodologies to align provider incentives with the production of efficient and quality care. Accountable care organizations are the latest iteration of this trend. Section 3022 of the new health reform law Continue Reading …
Reform left-overs make for tasty election issue
A year ago, the American people were up in arms over the health reform debate unfolding in Congress. Nevertheless, after a long and bitter winter, Congress proceeded to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the spring of Continue Reading …
Creating New Payment Strategies in Medicare
Traditional fee-for-service payments for health care services are inefficient and reward volume over quality. Likewise, the separate payments for outpatient, acute care, and subacute care do not promote coordination of services. Among the many changes created by the Patient Protection Continue Reading …
“Meaningful Use” for EHR’s Defined
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services set out definitions for the “meaningful use” of electronic health records. Designed to qualify eligible providers for incentive payments, these rules will spark a revolution. You could read the 864-page document Continue Reading …
The Doc Fix
Medicare compensates physicians via a universal fee schedule. To limit costs, the “Sustainable Growth Rate” (SGR) was adopted in 1997 to allow for increased Medicare expenditures based on national economic growth. The sustainable growth rate (SGR) is a statutory formula Continue Reading …