Toward Accountable Payment
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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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on June 18, 2013 |
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Topics: Medicaid, Reimbursement, Finance, Medicare, Health Care Reform, Market Trends, Strategy
Rob Lazerow and Tom Liu
With open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges to start Oct. 1, CMS is focused on securing the infrastructure and funding needed to offset the cost of coverage expansion.
This includes implementing the ACA's cuts to both Medicare and Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments—reductions the law included by arguing that providers will need less supplemental funding as the number of uninsured individuals declines.
To address a range of questions we've received from members about CMS's recent two proposed rules on the DSH payment cuts, here's a brief summary of each and four takeaways for hospitals and health systems.
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Four takeaways from the proposed rules for Medicare and Medicaid DSH cuts
Rob Lazerow on February 22, 2013 |
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Topics: Finance, Medicare, Reimbursement, Strategy, Market Trends, Accountable Care, Health Care Reform, Care Transformation, Performance Improvement
We're only two months into 2013, and this has already proven to be a busy year for payment innovation. So far, we have welcomed 106 new Medicare ACOs and more than 450 Medicare bundling sites—not to mention the range of program and pilots underway in the private sector.
This year also marks an important evolution in the transition to accountable care. Providers are increasingly shifting focus from evaluating potential payment models to operating under new risk-based contracts.
To support providers beginning to tackle risk-based contracts, I want to introduce Toward Accountable Payment readers to our sister blog, the Care Transformation Center Blog. Log in now to subscribe to their email alerts.
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Meet the Care Transformation Center Blog
Rob Lazerow on January 28, 2013 |
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Topics: Finance, Reimbursement, Medicare, Strategy, Market Trends, Accountable Care, ACO, Shared Savings Model
Earlier this month, HHS announced the launch of the third wave of Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACOs. The January cohort includes 106 ACOs—the largest launch group yet—bringing the total number of MSSP participants up to 221 ACOs. According to HSS, up to four million Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries may receive care from ACOs this year.
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Meet the new Medicare ACOs
