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TEAM should not be mandatory, as it puts at risk smaller hospitals unable to support the investment needed, AHA says.
The hub includes more than 20 health programs, including point solutions focused on healthy living and financial planning.
Nearly all ACOs - 99% - reported and met the quality standard required to share in savings under the Shared Savings Program.
CMS is finalizing the 4.6% decrease to the SNF payment, but is spreading that out over two years.
Behavioral adjustment decreases result in a 4.36% payment cut to home health, says Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare.
The agency also issued a rule meant to speed the shift to value for home-based services.
An individual diabetes patient can expect to pay about $9,600 each year on diabetes medical costs alone.
Negotiations of drug prices are to be based on clinical outcomes; if the drug is not effective, the payer is not held accountable for the full price.
The American Hospital Association criticized the report as making broad claims about pricing based on a cherry-picked and limited data set.
The national disparity between gross charges for each procedure is significant with a 297% difference between the lowest and highest gross charge.
