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NewsStudy: P4P may have little impact on quality
Of late, health plans and employers have been rolling out pay-for-performance programs aggressively, on the assumption that such programs offer a helpful method for improving healthcare quality. In Read more...
CMS wants to cut skilled-nursing spending
CMS says it is proposing to cut about $770 million in overall payments to skilled-nursing facilities in fiscal 2009, though it also plans to help the industry with an inflationary update to absorb Read more...
| Press ReleasesPurchaser-Led Group Finds Little Experience with Shared-Risk Payment Among Health Care Providers and PayersStudy Shows Need for Further Experimentation and Monitoring SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR) released a Commonwealth Fund-commissioned study, conducted in Read more >> |
