Value Based Purchasing

How should we manage SNF value-based purchasing measures to receive incentive payments?

When I read my first SNF PPS final rule about 25 years ago, I thought that the start dates for some of its initiatives were so far in the future that they were of no concern. As a young person, my long-range...

I love a good value, don’t you? It’s hard to find one these days in this economy.  Recently a friend of mine purchased a used vehicle from a reputable local dealership. Within a week, the engine...

Skilled nursing operators will forgo bonuses for a second straight year for limiting hospital readmissions, a regulatory pause one compliance expert says will lead to losses all around.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is urging Congress to eliminate the current value-based purchasing program for skilled nursing facilities and establish an alternative that builds in more equitable...

The current value-based purchasing program for skilled nursing facilities would be replaced by an alternative incentive model that rewards providers more evenly under a proposal by the Medicare Payment...

A former secretary of Health and Human Services and Utah governor believes Medicare is “drifting toward disaster,” requiring immediate attention from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

We all yearn for a time when value-based purchasing (and care) loses its originality. A time when motivations for providing excellent care and achieving excellent resident outcomes are aligned with reimbursement.

Long-term care providers have an opportunity to thrive with value-based care, escape cynicism and join the growing wave successful at avoiding readmissions.

Across healthcare, organizations are faced with the challenge of adapting long-standing workflows and care routines in order to succeed under new value-based care models.