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Bundled payments: What impact will they have on your practice?
In an effort to shift payment models away from fee-for-service, more healthcare providers are being paid based on their ability to provide high-quality care in a more coordinated fashion through bundled payment arrangements. To that end, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that more than 2,100 acute care hospitals, skilled nursing…
Read MoreHHS: Medicare payments to be tied to quality, not quantity
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that future Medicare payments will be linked to quality and not quantity. This is the first time the federal agency has set specific goals designed to move away from plans that reward providers for the amount of care they provide instead of the quality…
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