On the safe side

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, recently announced ambitious plans for transitioning the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program, which covers 70% of beneficiaries, to value-based payment models, with the goal of having at least 50% of payments flowing through accountable care organizations and bundled payment programs by the end of 2018. Many major private payers and state Medicaid programs also have embraced value-based payment models, making it increasingly likely that the US healthcare system will soon reach a tipping point in terms of payment reform. This shift provides an exceptional opportunity to improve the quality and safety of health care. For health systems in the process of transitioning to value-based payment programs, improving patient safety can be key to financial survival. In this new value-driven and increasingly competitive marketplace, investments in patient safety yield immediate savings by reducing the incremental or variable costs of treating adverse events..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:69

Enthalten in:

Hfm - 69(2015), 8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Corrigan, Janet M [VerfasserIn]
Wakeam, Elliot [Sonstige Person]
Gandhi, Tejal K [Sonstige Person]
Leape, Lucian L [Sonstige Person]

Links:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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BKL:

44.00

Themen:

Delivery of Health Care - standards
Health care industry
Medicaid
Patient safety
Transitions

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1965288650