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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Thursday, January 16, 2020
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Administration Fails To Assess Impact Of Major Changes Proposed For State Medicaid Financing and Supplemental Provider PaymentsBy Edwin ParkOn November 18, the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed "Fiscal Accountability" rule, which could significantly change how states finance their share of the cost of Medicaid programs and how states provide supplemental payments to hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, and other providers. Despite its likely broad, harmful impact, CMS acknowledges that the fiscal effects of the proposed rule on state Medicaid programs are largely "unknown." Read More >>COMMUNICATIONYou’ve Got To Hear This: Funding A New Health Policy PodcastBy Steven Birenbaum and Jordan ReeseThe podcasting world is bursting with content, and there are an increasing number of health policy podcasts to choose from. Health philanthropy has been getting involved in this medium, too. For example, two foundations are supporting a new podcast at the intersection of economics and health policy. Staffers at the two funders explain why they believe in the potential of podcasts and how they plan to build an audience. Read More >>
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IN THE JOURNAL
MEDICARE
The Impact Of Bundled Payment On Health Care Spending, Utilization, And Quality: A Systematic Review
By Rajender Agarwal, Joshua M. Liao, Ashutosh Gupta, and Amol S. Navathe
Bundled payments for discrete services are designed to create incentives for efficient resource allocation by providers. Rajender Agarwal and coauthors conducted the first systematic review of three programs administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services starting in 2009: the Acute Care Episode Demonstration, the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative, and the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model. Read More >>
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