tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 32

PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE: Slow, Deleberate P4P Intro Touted

MedPAC director says P4P may only evaluate IT initially.The steamroller of pay for performance keeps pushing forward, no matter what physicians do."Change to Medicare's payment systems is urgently needed," because the current payment system is "neutral or negative to quality," Mark Miller, executive director of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission testified before a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee July 27. In other words, providers often receive more payment if they provide bad care, because patients become sicker and need more care. Some Lawmakers Want Immediate P4P Finance Committee chair Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) stressed...

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