Reports from Stanford University Highlight Recent Findings in Medicare and Medicaid (The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act: Implications…

Reports from Stanford University Highlight Recent Findings in Medicare and Medicaid (The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act: Implications for Nephrology)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Investigators discuss new findings in Medicare and Medicaid. According to news reporting from Stanford, California, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "In response to rising Medicare costs, Congress passed the Medicare Access and Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act in 2015. The law fundamentally changes the way that health care providers are reimbursed by implementing a pay for performance system that rewards providers for high-value health care."

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Stanford University, "As of the beginning of 2017, providers will be evaluated on quality and in later years, cost as well. High-quality, cost-efficient providers will receive bonuses in reimbursement, and low-quality, expensive providers will be penalized financially. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will evaluate provider costs through episodes of care, which are currently in development, and alternative payment models. Although dialysis-specific alternative payment models have already been implemented, current models do not address the transition of patients from CKD to ESRD, a particularly vulnerable time for patients. Nephrology providers have an opportunity to develop cost-efficient ways to care for patients during these transitions."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Efforts like these, if successful, will help ensure that Medicare remains solvent in coming years."

For more information on this research see: The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act: Implications for Nephrology. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2017;28(9):2591-2597. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology can be contacted at: Amer Soc Nephrology, 1725 I St, Nw Ste 510, Washington, DC 20006, USA (see also Medicare and Medicaid).

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting E. Lin, Stanford University, Center Hlth Policy, Sch Med, Stanford, CA 94305, United States. Additional authors for this research include T. MaCurdy and J. Bhattacharya.

Keywords for this news article include: Stanford, California, United States, North and Central America, Medicare and Medicaid, Health Policy, Nephrology, Medicare, Stanford University.

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