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Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

KHN

“It’s very hard to capture patient safety with the surveillance methods we currently have,” he said. The law also excuses hospitals that focus on rehabilitation, long-term care, children, psychiatry, or veterans. Exempted from the evaluation are around 2,000 hospitals.

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Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

KHN

One problem, he added, is “you’re kind of asking hospitals to call out events that are going to have them lose money, so the incentives are really messed up for hospitals to fully disclose” patient injuries. The law also excuses hospitals that focus on rehabilitation, long-term care, children, psychiatry, or veterans.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

States such as Texas, Wyoming , and New Jersey are adopting Medicaid reimbursement of collaborative care services and are addressing capacity to transition to CoCM. Integration of Substance Use Services and Supports States can align long siloed approaches to primary care, mental health, and substance use services through integration efforts.