Deconstructing MACRA: the switch from volume- to value-based payment

from linguistics to literature: a linguistic approach to the study of linguistic deviations in the turkish divan of shahriar

chapter i provides an overview of structural linguistics and touches upon the saussurean dichotomies with the final goal of exploring their relevance to the stylistic studies of literature. to provide evidence for the singificance of the study, chapter ii deals with the controversial issue of linguistics and literature, and presents opposing views which, at the same time, have been central to t...

Lessons from Medicare’s Demonstration Projects on Value-Based Payment

This paper summarizes the results of Medicare demonstrations of value-based payment systems, which give providers financial incentives to improve the quality and efficiency of care. Only one of the four demonstrations for which results are available has yielded significant savings for the Medicare program. In that demonstration, Medicare made bundled payments to hospitals and physicians to cove...

Harold D . Miller IMPLEMENTING ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT MODELS UNDER MACRA How the Federal Government Can Accelerate Successful Health Care Payment Reform

Unpacking MACRA: The Proposed Rule and Its Implications for Payment and Practice.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a proposed rule that details a consolidated pay-for-performance provider payment system within the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. This proposed rule establishes policy for the new provider Merit-Based Incentive System and Alternative Payment Models. While the rule is extremely complex, and not yet finalized, there ar...

Deconstructing the Value Creation Process: Positioning Diversity to Increase Output