Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program to Give Incentive Payment Boost to 37% More Hospitals in 2015 Than 2014

in 2015, 463 more hospitals will be seeing a Medicare value-based purchasing program payment boost than 2014.

How will private ACOs impact your business?

As healthcare reform shifts from traditional fee-for-service to alternative provider compensation models, such as shared savings/risk-sharing arrangements, provider organizations that aren’t already on the ACO bandwagon are closely watching the performance of ACOs around the country to see if they should get in the game. Last week, a private California ACO reported early success.

Medicare’s Hospital Readmission Reduction Program – Increasing Penalties, Increasing Pressure

Medicare’s readmissions penalties increases pressure & spurs hospitals to action.