Evaluation of the Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents-Payment Reform
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Description
Third annual report evaluating a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Innovation payment model intended to reduce avoidable hospitalizations for long-term care nursing facility residents by offering incentives for the provision of in-house care to eligible residents, rather than a transfer to a hospital for treatment. Presents details on the effect of the payment model on Medicare expenditures in the participating states: Alabama, Missouri, Indiana, Nevada, New York, and Pennsylvania. Discusses the implication of the payment model in rural facilities.
Date
12/2019
Organization
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Tagged as
Healthcare quality
· Long-term care
· Medicare
· Policy
· Statistics and data
· Alabama
· Colorado
· Indiana
· Missouri
· Nevada
· New York
· Pennsylvania