Explore hospital strategies winning under CMS value-based payment models to succeed with mandatory bundles and accountable care structures.

More than 1,800 hospitals will see payments from the federal government rise in 2016 due to improvements in quality under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services value-based purchasing program, ...

While no healthcare sector is being spared from the reimbursement knife, the Value-Based Purchasing initiative is aimed squarely at hospitals. It is part of a larger reimbursement reduction movement ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a 2.4% net increase in Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates for FY 2027, adding $1.9 billion to hospital payments compared with ...

The American Hospital Association has submitted comments to CMS in regard to the value-based purchasing component of the proposed 2012 hospital outpatient prospective payment system, saying “CMS has ...

While some nursing homes have earned incentive pay for reducing their hospital readmissions, the decade-old program that pays for those bonuses has not led to any widespread improvements, a ...

Penetration of Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations and Medicare Advantage was not associated with substantive changes in health care use among commercial enrollees.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has finalized and proposed several significant changes affecting both site neutrality in Medicare payments and the 340B Drug Pricing Program. These ...

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On January 1,the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched their new Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM). And while some experts view it as a good thing, others are ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

From improving outcomes for vulnerable, post-acute patients to building collaborative networks using real-time data for measurable impact, it can take several different approaches to deliver quality ...