“It’s often said that where Medicare goes, private payers will follow. For hospitals, health systems and other providers, it has been the most influential healthcare program for the industry in recent decades.
Medicare continues to play a prominent part in various reform movements, such as the shift from fee-for-service to value-based payments and the push for greater price transparency. The program’s pay rates and policies have the potential to act as a catalyst for change nationwide, or to provoke coast-to-coast controversy (as has been the case with the new two-midnight rule).
The following list sheds some light on the many facets of and issues surrounding Medicare reimbursement in the form of 100 things to know, covering everything from the latest update to the inpatient prospective payment system to the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative”.
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With the shift from fee-for-service to value-based payments and the push for greater price transparency, the pressure for hospitals to lower costs and improve patient throughput while delivering higher quality of care with the same resources has never been greater. Process improvement, led by LEAN initiatives, has been cited by leading hospital CEO’s as a viable way to achieve these goals.
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