tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 31

Long-Term Care: BETTER PAY FOR HIGH-QUALITY CARE?

SNFs must prepare for a proposed link between payment and QI data. If a skilled nursing facility's quality improvement efforts aren't top notch, chances are it's already paying for it: Studies show high-quality care costs less to provide. But providers are likely to have even more financial incentive to hone their quality improvement skills in the future. A pilot project announced early in July by the Bush Administration links payment and quality for hospitals - and now the Association of Homes and Services for the Aging has told federal lawmakers it would embrace a similar approach for nursing homes...

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