Medicare & Medicaid
Dialysis facilities are getting at least $100,000 more per year, per patient, if the patient is covered in a commercial plan rather than getting public coverage, CMS says.
While focus on care coordination and consumerism may likely continue, insiders worry that too much change could hurt them.
One model will test whether a four-step process to integrate shared decision-making into routine clinical practice lowers cost while improving quality.
A successful shift from volume to value requires a close link between the federal government and the private sector.
The findings were consistent with a September report by the Congressional Budget Office which indicated many hospitals would be underwater.
HFMA identified a number of different policy proposals and ranked them in terms of probability and positive or negative financial impact.
The increase comes on the heels of a five-year period of historically low growth, from 2009 to 2013.
With a backlog of patients, home health services are limited by their ability to attract and recruit quality staff.
Healthcare spending grew 2.1% faster than economy, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases in 2015 national health expenditures.
Changes to CMMI could drag down advanced alternative payment approaches, create narrower path with fewer specialty options and approaches.