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PAYMENT REFORM FOR BETTER VALUE AND MEDICAL …

(5 days ago) WEBThese issues are especially notable for the emerging “curative,” one-time treatments. Despite recent progress in payment reforms for health care providers, current payment models for most drugs are based on payment for units (e.g., pills and vials) and do not …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK595162/

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Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform - CHQPR

(8 days ago) WEBCreating a Payment System That Supports High Quality, Affordable Health Care. The Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform (CHQPR) is a national policy center focused on designing and implementing payment systems that support affordable, patient-centered health care.

https://chqpr.org/

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The Impact of the Payment and Delivery System Reforms of the …

(7 days ago) WEBOverall, these initiatives transformed health care delivery and payment across the United States, and many have reduced costs and improved quality of care. The results were often mixed, however, and the magnitude of impact was modest in many instances. In these first 10 years, six of the 50 models launched by CMMI yielded …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/2022/apr/impact-payment-and-delivery-system-reforms-affordable-care-act

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Current and Emerging Payment Models AHA

(4 days ago) WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic was an inflection point for the U.S. health care delivery system. While factors like rising inflation and staffing shortages have put unprecedented strain on hospitals and health systems, the post-pandemic environment represents an opportunity to stabilize and improve health care financing, where warranted, and further transition …

https://www.aha.org/advocacy/current-and-emerging-payment-models

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A Roadmap to Accelerate National Value-Based Payment …

(Just Now) WEBreforms, 36% of total health care payments were in alternative payment models in 2018, with most of those in “shared savings” or “upside only” tracks.10 Only around 15% of total payments were in “downside risk” models that align 10with non-incremental shifts away from fee-for-service based care.

https://healthpolicy.duke.edu/sites/default/files/2020-06/a_roadmap_to_accelerate_national_value-based_payment_reform_filing_in_the_missing_pieces.pdf

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High-Quality Primary Care Should Be Available to Every …

(Just Now) WEBDespite accounting for a third of health care visits — and for many individuals, the only place they seek care — primary care practices were denied COVID-19 relief funds in the initial relief packages.

https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2021/05/high-quality-primary-care-should-be-available-to-every-individual-in-the-u-s-says-new-report-payment-reform-telehealth-expansion-state-and-federal-policy-changes-recommended

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Payment Reform For Nursing To Advance Health …

(8 days ago) WEBPayment reform is among the topics discussed in the new National Academy of Medicine report on the future of nursing. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the report says that value-based

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/payment-reform-nursing-advance-health-equity-future-nursing-2020-2030-nam-report

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Aligning Value-Based Payments With Health Equity - JAMA Network

(7 days ago) WEBAlthough consensus about the need to reform payment policy around equity has grown, effective reforms must reconcile existing tensions between financial incentives and equity goals. 1 For instance, holding clinicians accountable for total spending (a core mechanism for achieving cost-efficiency through value-based payment) could inadvertently …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2795498

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Health Care Payment Reform Advocacy Medical Payment Reform …

(Just Now) WEBThe Medicare payment system is on an unsustainable path, and the AMA is fighting for payment reforms that will preserve the viability of physician practices and maintain patient access to care. The continued shift of medicine toward value-based care demands innovative payment models that are flex Read More. Explore Topics:

https://www.ama-assn.org/health-care-advocacy/payment-reform

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Proposed 2025 Payment Rule: Marketplace Standards And …

(8 days ago) WEBThe PAP is calculated as estimated premium growth between 2013 and the preceding year—in this case, 2024. For 2025, the PAP is 1.4519093322, meaning that premiums are estimated to grow about 45.

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/proposed-2025-payment-rule-marketplace-standards-and-insurance-reforms

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How are payment reforms addressing social determinants of …

(2 days ago) WEBsubstantially impact health and well-being.1,2 Accordingly, health care value-based payment (VBP) reforms that fail to address these nonmedical needs may be less effec-tive in improving population health, advancing health equity, and lowering health care costs.3,4 However, extending payment reforms to include both health care and human

https://healthpolicy.duke.edu/sites/default/files/2021-02/How%20Are%20Payment%20Reforms%20Addressing%20Social%20Determinants%20of%20Health.pdf

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The Next Generation of Payment Reforms for Population Health – …

(9 days ago) WEBThis marks a substantive shift in agency policy, which previously has focused on payment reforms in the context of health care services. However, payment reforms for medical products and technologies is proving to be an emerging issue area for payers, as highlighted by the recent policy debate over Aduhelm, with CMS issuing a national …

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-0009.12632

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7 keys to success with value-based care pay arrangements

(7 days ago) WEBThe AMA, in cooperation with the health insurer trade group AHIP and the National Association of ACOs, lays out in the document (PDF) how to create successful and sustainable payment arrangements to encourage the ongoing growth of value-based care (VBC) in the U.S. In 2023, the collaboration’s first playbook (PDF) highlighted how best …

https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/payment-delivery-models/7-keys-success-value-based-care-pay-arrangements

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Principles for Medicare physician payment reform

(7 days ago) WEBThe way forward: A vision for reform. As the current system is unsustainable, the AMA and the Federation of Medicine have developed a set of principles to guide advocacy efforts on Medicare physician payment reform. “ Characteristics of a Rational Medicare Physician Payment System ” (PDF) sets forth broad goals for …

https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/medicare-medicaid/principles-medicare-physician-payment-reform

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Value-based payment gets new attention. But what does it mean?

(3 days ago) WEBLawmakers are considering changes to the way Medicare pays doctors for the first time since Congress passed a law in 2015 that leaned heavily on value-based payment. A key House committee took up

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/30/value-based-payment-health/

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Payment Reform to Improve Health Care - Center for American …

(9 days ago) WEBHealth care reform provides us with an opportunity to move in precisely this direction. This paper is a result of a meeting convened by the Center for American Progress to evaluate payment reform

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/payment-reform-to-improve-health-care/

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The beginner’s guide to new health care payment models

(9 days ago) WEBTraditionally, health care providers are paid in a “Fee-for-Service” (FFS) model. This is exactly what it sounds like: every time you have a blood test, a doctor’s visit, a CT scan, or any

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-beginners-guide-to-new-health-care-payment-models/

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Senate Finance Committee tackles Medicare physician pay reform

(5 days ago) WEBSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and other leaders in the Senate Committee on Finance have unveiled a plan to reform how Medicare pays physicians. Sarah Silbiger / Stringer via Getty Images

https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/senate-finance-committee-medicare-doctor-pay-reform/716555/

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Lawmakers push for primary care payment reform

(7 days ago) WEBSenators Whitehouse, Cassidy propose bipartisan primary care payment reform, seek industry feedback. Proposed legislation would encourage the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to accelerate

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/senators-both-sides-aisle-propose-primary-care-payment-reform-seek-industry-feedback

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The Affordable Care Act 101 KFF

(2 days ago) WEBThis Health Policy 101 chapter provides an overview of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a major reform of the U.S. health care system aimed at reducing high uninsured rates and alleviating issues

https://www.kff.org/health-policy-101-the-affordable-care-act/

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Social Determinants of Health, Payment Reform, and the Role of …

(8 days ago) WEBSocial Determinants of Health, Payment Reform, and the Role of the Orthopaedic Surgeon. Addressing a patient’s socioeconomic needs is key to improving their overall health. Lack of access to housing, food, transportation, and employment has significant effects on both healthy patients and those managing chronic diseases.

https://www.aaos.org/aaosnow/2024/may/managing/managing03/

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Health Care Costs and Affordability KFF

(4 days ago) WEBThe official data on national health expenditures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) show health spending totaled $74.1 billion in 1970. By 2000, health expenditures had

https://www.kff.org/health-policy-101-health-care-costs-and-affordability/

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Financial Burden of Health Care in the Privately Insured US …

(3 days ago) WEBHowever, little is known about how changes in privately insured families’ contributions to insurance premiums and out-of-pocket spending have affected the financial burden of health care over the past 2 decades. 1 This issue is particularly salient for those with low incomes, who are more susceptible to debt, bankruptcy, and worse health

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2818898

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The Politics of Health Care and the 2024 Election KFF

(8 days ago) WEBHealth “reform” – a somewhat squishy term generally understood to mean proposals that significantly transform the financing, coverage, and delivery of health care – has a long history of

https://www.kff.org/health-policy-101-the-politics-of-health-care-and-the-2024-election/

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Proposed CMS Data Access Changes May Hamper Health Services …

(Just Now) WEBThe framework of existing grants or projects makes compliance with the policy changes impossible in many cases and unworkable in most. Research grants, including those from the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and philanthropic nonprofits, …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2819325

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Home - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS

(Just Now) WEBHealth insurance market reforms; Minimum essential coverage; Drug pricing & rebate review; Employers & sponsors. We support the development and testing of innovative health care payment and service delivery models. Information for children up to the age of 19 who need health care or a local dental provider.

https://www.cms.gov/

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Reform urged to facilitate payment & coverage of AI medical …

(7 days ago) WEBReform urged to facilitate payment & coverage of AI medical services in the U.S. UK passes Media Act 2024 with major changes to UK media regulation Obligaciones Patronales durante la Jornada Electoral

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/reform-urged-to-facilitate-payment-2665252/

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Evidence on Payment Reform: Where Are The Gaps? - Health Affairs

(6 days ago) WEBThe US health care system is transforming how it pays for and delivers care. However, the transition to new models is not easy. Initial results on the impact of payment reforms found large gaps in

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/evidence-payment-reform-gaps

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CalAIM Behavioral Health Payment Reform - DHCS

(6 days ago) WEBFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Last update 2/27/24. The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is implementing a Behavioral Health Payment Reform initiative on July 1, 2023. The initiative will change the way DHCS reimburses counties for Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS), Drug Medi-Cal (DMC), and Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery

https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/Documents/CalAIM-Payment-Reform-Frequently-Asked-Questions.pdf

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Startup CEO slams health care reform that treat payment like a …

(3 days ago) WEBAlthough true value-based care takes dedication, most organizations’ commitment is “only an inch deep and a mile wide,” said Dr. Sachin Jain, the CEO of SCAN Group & Health Plan.

https://fortune.com/well/2024/05/23/medicare-ceo-slams-health-care-reform-that-treat-visits-like-a-loyalty-rewards-program/

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May 28, 2024 College of American Pathologists

(Just Now) WEBThe white paper outlined several areas that the committee sees as an opportunity for reform, including: Creating sustainable payment updates to ensure clinicians can own and operate their practices. Incentivizing alternative payment models that reward providing better care at a lower cost. Rethinking how Medicare measures …

https://www.cap.org/advocacy/latest-news-and-practice-data/may-28-2024

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Federal Register :: Medicaid Program; Medicaid and Children's …

(1 days ago) WEBLastly, broader efforts are underway to address access nationally. For example, on July 25, 2023, the Department of Agriculture announced USDA's Emergency Rural Health Care Grants to help strengthen rural America's health care infrastructure. Additionally, we released a proposed rule on September 1, 2023 proposing minimum …

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/10/2024-08085/medicaid-program-medicaid-and-childrens-health-insurance-program-chip-managed-care-access-finance

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Mental Health Needs in the U.S. Compared to Selected Countries

(7 days ago) WEBThe following charts compare people’s mental health burden and ability to access and afford needed mental health care in the U.S. and other high-income countries. The data come from the 2023 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of more than 21,000 adults age 18 and older in 10 countries. Findings on intentional self …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/2024/may/mental-health-needs-us-compared-nine-other-countries

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Ministers Department of Health and Aged Care

(Just Now) WEBHealth Ministers have commenced negotiating the new National Health Reform Agreement Addendum to give Australians better access to healthcare services they need, when they need them, and alleviate current pressures in public hospitals across the country. Without subsidy, patients could expect to pay $122,000 or $30,000 a …

https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-mark-butler-mp/media/budget-2024-25-cheaper-medicines-new-medicare-urgent-care-clinics-and-more-free-mental-health-services-in-a-stronger-medicare

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