How Quality-Focused Payment Changes under Health Reform will Affect Hospitals
The October 27, 2010, Philips Healthcare Reimbursement Simplified webinar that was disrupted by a massive storm moving up the East Coast is now available “on demand” on the Philips reimbursement site. All of the speakers were re-recorded for the session, and the archived event offers both the speaker slides and their presentations.
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As a result of the recent enactment of health reform, a kind of “new math” is emerging from Washington. It calculates a growing portion of a hospital’s reimbursement on the basis of the quality of care the hospital provides.
Beginning as early as 2012, Medicare will begin implementing provisions of the just-enacted health reform law that require payment cuts for hospitals that perform poorly on quality metrics across a range of medical treatments. The new law also requires payment reductions if hospitals miss other quality targets, such as avoiding certain preventable re-admissions and hospital-acquired conditions.
Speakers:
- Beth Roberts, Partner
Hogan Lovells US
- Brent James, MD
Executive Director, Intermountain Institute for Health Care Delivery Research
Vice President, Medical Research and Continuing Medical Education
Intermountain Healthcare
- Ann Edwards, Director
Health Industries Advisory Practice
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Moderator:
- Laurel Sweeney, Senior Director
Global Reimbursement Policy
Philips Healthcare