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Category: Quality
The First Five Years of the ACA in Review
This article is the second of a two part series. See article one . Cost of Care: The ACA encouraged the creation of (ACOs) to integrate and coordinate patients’ health care experiences. Under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), providers Continue Reading …
Elderly and Poor with Limited Options
The 2013 , which was intended to provide long term care insurance to millions of participating Americans, means that affordable financing of long term care insurance remains out of reach for many. Currently, the bulk of nursing home care is Continue Reading …
Less is More: HIE Prevents Repeat Tests
Health Information Exchange (HIE) lets doctors see all of their patients’ records online, no matter where patients choose to go for care. If a patient has a doctor they really like in one hospital, but wants their labs drawn and Continue Reading …
Carrying the Big Stick in Health Policy
In 2004, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) launched the CMS Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program, which would publicly report delivered by US hospitals. A recent study investigated quality of care measures and racial/ethnic performance rates among and within Continue Reading …
Happy Accident Lowers Healthcare Costs
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased emphasis on quality reporting for doctors and hospitals in an effort to improve care and, hopefully, improve health outcomes for patients. Whether or not this will be accomplished is yet to be seen. However, Continue Reading …
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