Toward Accountable Payment

About This Blog

Welcome to Toward Accountable Payment, the official blog of the Medicare Payment Innovation Project. The project is an ongoing initiative to study provider payment reform and support organizations engaging in innovative payment programs.

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Rob Lazerow
202-266-6626 | lazerowr@advisory.com

Recent Posts

Designing effective gainsharing models

Rob Lazerow on May 17, 2012  |  Permalink  | Comments (1)

Topics: Medicare, Reimbursement, Finance, Strategy, Market Trends, Accountable Care, Bundled Payments, Physician Issues

Learn how gainsharing through bundled payment programs differs from traditional models, review gainsharing ground rules, and explore how active bundled payment programs design effective gainsharing models to reward performance improvement.

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Designing effective gainsharing models

Exploring the future of Medicare pay-for-performance programs

Rob Lazerow on May 3, 2012  |  Permalink

Topics: Medicare, Reimbursement, Finance, Strategy, Market Trends, Accountable Care, Pay-for-Performance

Read our initial analysis of CMS’s inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2013. Learn about updates to hospital operating payments and new rules for the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program and Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.

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Exploring the future of Medicare pay-for-performance programs