tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 15

P4P: Home Care Not An Exception For P4P Shift

CMS plans to launch a P4P demo for the home care industry--soon.Providers can't just ignore pay for performance--the mechanism is gaining speed and could become a chief determining factor for Medicare payments sooner than providers think.That was the message of multiple presenters at the National Association for Home Care & Hospice's annual policy conference in Washington, DC the last week of March.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is shifting its payment policies for many provider types toward "quality and outcomes," noted Laurence Wilson, director of CMS' Chronic Care Policy Group, in a March 27...

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