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Quality Pays

  • 5-12-2010

 

The new Affordable Health Care for America (AAHCA, March 2010) reform legislation, will probably impact hospitals in three main areas according to a report published by PricewaterhouseCoopers. 

1.  Starting October 2012, hospitals will be financially penalized by Medicare if they demonstrate 'excessive' readmissions within a 30-day period when compared to the "expected' risk-adjusted levels of readmissions.  The readmissions are based on the measures for MI, CHF and pneumonia.

2.  Starting in 2013, hospitals will be paid according to a Medicare VBP program schedule of outcomes including hospital efficiency, patient satisfaction, and quality of care.

3.  Beginning in 2015, 1% of payments will be subtracted from hospitals with the highest rates of HACs.  This could result in a nationwide reduction of $1.5 billion in payments over the next 10 years.


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