Quality and Safety
As the 2019 transition approaches, finding expertise to support changing payment models will become more difficult, and likely expensive.
Even necessary distractions from treating patients, which happen as often as 10 times every hour, trigger stress for doctors and nurses alike.
The core element of the model is that the same physician provides care for patients in the clinic as well as in the hospital.
Surprise: Drug-resistant staph infections cost the same or slightly less to treat than non-resistant infections, study shows.
A new study by Yale researchers published in JAMA indicates IV dosing could be more addictive but a pill or injection curbs pain just as well.
Burnout can hurt the bottom line, with research showing a consistent relationship between higher levels of physician burnout and lower levels of patient safety and quality of care.
Some entities, such as ACOs, have to create work-arounds because they won't include substance use information due to existing regulations, a witness told the House subcommittee.
The new version of the program focuses on a number of key areas important to pediatric populations, such as surgical site infection outcomes for specific procedures.
Reductions in uninsured rates ranged from -14.3 percent in the Guamanian or Chamorro subgroup to -4.1 percent in the Japanese subgroup.
As Humana and the AMA this month announced new alternative payment models focusing on patient experience and outcomes, Blue Cross Blue Shield shared data showing what's working in its own efforts.