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Magazine
Quality paradox | Medicare rewards for process, patient satisfaction not always linked to better outcomes
By Melanie Evans and Maureen McKinney | January 05, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
A Modern Healthcare analysis of Medicare's first stabs at rewarding hospitals that do well on process-of-care measures and a patient-satisfaction survey while penalizing hospitals with high readmission rates shows only a minor correlation between the two.
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Fix VBP's weakest link | Payers should reward only programs that improve outcomes
By Merrill Goozner | January 05, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
An analysis by Modern Healthcare would seem to bear out the contention that something is amiss with value-based purchasing, at least as it is currently structured.
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Bigger value-based purchasing incentives needed, experts say
By Melanie Evans | December 21, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Hospitals won't see much change to their Medicare payments from bonuses and penalties tied to quality and patient satisfaction that will be awarded for the first time in the new year.
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CMS shows first winners, losers in value-based purchasing
By Modern Healthcare | December 20, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Medicare will reward 1,557 hospitals with more money and reduce payments to 1,427 others starting Jan. 1 under its value-based purchasing program, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis of CMS records.
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