tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 26

MedPAC: MEDPAC PUSHES PAY FOR MEDPAC PUSHES PAY FOR

To provide high-quality, cost-effective treatment, Medicare must launch demonstration projects exploring financial-reward systems for top-quality providers and expand its use of competitive pricing, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommends in its June report. Medicare should explore financial incentives for quality in sectors where quality-measurement tools already are in development, such as health plans and skilled nursing facilities. However, quality demos should also be launched in sectors for which data collection and quality measurement are scarcer but which affect large numbers of beneficiaries, such as the physician and hospital sectors, says MedPAC. To promote effective and efficient care for chronically...

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