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P3Care Investigates: QPP MIPS 2021 Proposed Rules

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The above-mentioned specialists have the option to use APP, but it is compulsory for ACOs participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program to report quality performance via the APP. The performance category for the APP will be scored as follows upon the fixed set of quality measures. Quality Category: Weighs 50%.

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Impact of star ratings on provider demand

Healthcare ECONOMIST

For years, Medicare and other payers have used quality measures to evaluate the quality of care patients receive at various types of providers settings (e.g., hospital, home health agencies, skilled nursing homes). 2021) aims to estimate this relationship for quality metrics related to home health agencies (HHA).

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CMS Updates 20 Nursing Home Datasets

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Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program – National Data … Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) provide Medicare Part A SNF services to beneficiaries and must report data on certain measures of quality to Medicare through the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP).

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CMS Posts Updated Datasets

Briggs Healthcare

This file contains national averages on quality measures implemented under the IMPACT Act. This file contains a list of the swing bed units participating in the SNF QRP, as well as their results on quality measures implemented under the IMPACT Act. Data are presented as one citation per row.

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7 Questions about Commercial Health Care Prices

Healthcare ECONOMIST

While claims data can help measure overall cost, much or payer reimbursement to providers comes through alternative payment model mechanisms such as shared savings payments, Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) bonuses, and other value-based payments are not captured in claims.

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Hear From Leaders Shaping the Future of Health Care at the Health Quality Forum

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He is also the host and executive producer of the 21st Century Health podcast.

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Payor-Provider Convergence with John Moore, Founder of Chilmark Research – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Physician organizations seem to be able to do this more easily than hospital-led organizations in most cases. Without that metric, we can’t move forward; John says that if we can’t define quality, then we can’t define value. .” How do we reach to objective of the Triple Aim? “Burn the boats.”