tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 21

HOSPITALS: Project Progressing: CMS Touts P4P Demo

3-year incentive project already improving care, says McClellan.The early word is good on quality of care levels for hospitals participating in Medicare's latest demonstration project, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.In a speech to the American Hospital Association's annual membership meeting earlier this month, CMS Administrator Mark McClellan said hospitals that are part of Medicare's initial pay-for-performance demonstration project are enjoying enhanced levels of care.Preliminary reports from more than 270 participating hospitals on their experiences during the demo project's first year have shown marked improvement. "These early returns demonstrate that using financial incentives...

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