Creating The Next Generation: The Payment Model We Need From Medicare

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/10/05/creating-the-next-generation-the-payment-model-we-need-from-medicare/

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HHS directed to re-examine $220 million hospital pay cut

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2015/09/8577544/hhs-directed-re-examine-220-million-hospital-pay-cut

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A federal judge has ruled that the secretary of health and human services does have the authority to cut Medicare payments for all hospitals, but that she failed to follow the proper procedures for doing so

Post-Acute Care Transformation Taking Hold in SNFs

http://healthleadersmedia.com/page-1/FIN-321096/PostAcute-Care-Transformation-Taking-Hold-in-SNFs

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Payment reform, new regulations, and opportunities to boost quality of care for older patients with comorbidities are revolutionizing skilled nursing facilities.

Flawed Shared Savings and Pioneer ACO programs are here to stay, consultant says

http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/flawed-shared-savings-and-pioneer-aco-programs-are-here-stay-consultant-says?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRouuazAZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JRMFrI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D

Nearly 75 percent of ACOs in the program earned no savings in 2014.

Observation status, ED visits create illusion of fewer readmissions, quality gains

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/hospitals-cheat-readmissions-quality-standards-with-observation-status/2015-08-27

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Pay for performance “pressures hospitals to cheat,” authors say

How Medicare’s transitional care movement may prevent readmissions

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/how-medicares-transitional-care-movement-may-prevent-readmissions/2015-08-27?page=full

CEO Rani Khetarpal: Clinical interventions needed throughout 30-day post-discharge period