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Category Archives: Health Care Reform: Payment Reform
National Quality Forum: Roadmap for Promoting Health Equity and Eliminating Disparities
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has issued a Roadmap for Promoting Health Equity and Eliminating Disparities. Despite overall improvements in public health and medicine, disparities in health and healthcare persist. Disparities are differences caused by inequities that are linked to … Continue reading
Posted in Demographic Data, Health Care Disparities, Health Care Disparities: Effective Interventions, Health Care Disparities: The Evidence of Disparities, Health Care Reform: Advancing Equity, Health Care Reform: Payment Reform, Health Care Reform: Quality Improvement, Health Status Disparities, Social Determinants of Health
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Oregon Health Authority Transformation Center: Opportunities for Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations to Advance Health Equity
This report summarizes the work to date and identifies future opportunities for Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) to advance health equity as part of their health system transformation activities. CCOs are obligated to identify and pursue opportunities to advance health … Continue reading
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National Academy of Medicine: Effective Care for High-Need Patients
The National Academy of Medicine has published a report on effective care for high-need patients, highlighting the opportunities for improving outcomes, value, and health. In the U.S., 1% of patients account for more than 20% of the nation’s health care … Continue reading
Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network: “Refreshed” Alternative Payment Model Framework
The Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN) has issued a “refreshed” white paper updating its framework for Alternative Payment Models (APMs). The updates bring the framework into alignment with the APMs recognized by the Centers for Medicare and … Continue reading
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Proposed Rule for MACRA Quality Payment Program Year 2
Here is the proposed rule for the second payment year (2020) of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) established by the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (MACRA) . Since there is a two-year lag between the performance … Continue reading
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Cabinet Exit Memo
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell has prepared this Cabinet Exit Memo, describing some of the accomplishments of the Obama Administration over the past 8 years, and outlining the key issues facing the Department of Health and Human Services … Continue reading
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: 2016 Report to Congress
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its third report to Congress. The Innovation Center was created by section 3021 of the Affordable Care Act. Under the ACA, … Continue reading
Health Care Payment Learning Action Network: Financial Benchmarking
The Health Care Payment Learning Action Network (HCPLAN) has released a white paper on performance measurement within alternative payment models (APMs). HCPLAN work products will be considered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for implementation of the Medicare Access and Children’s … Continue reading
Health Care Payment Learning Action Network: Patient Attribution
The Health Care Payment Learning Action Network (HCPLAN) has released a white paper on patient attribution within alternative payment models (APMs). HCPLAN work products will be considered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for implementation of the Medicare Access and Children’s … Continue reading
Health Care Payment Learning Action Network: Performance Measurement
The Health Care Payment Learning Action Network (HCPLAN) has released a white paper on performance measurement within alternative payment models (APMs). HCPLAN work products will be considered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for implementation of the Medicare Access and Children’s … Continue reading
