I will offer two key observations: “In 2016, 85% of Medicare fee-for-service payments will be tied to quality or value through programs such as the Hospital Value Based Purchasing and the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Programs; the target increases to 90% by 2018. In 2016, 30% of Medicare payments will be tied to quality or value through alternative payments models such as ACOs or bundled payment arrangements. That goal increases to 50% by
I will offer two key observations: “In 2016, 85% of Medicare fee-for-service payments will be tied to quality or value through programs such as the Hospital Value Based Purchasing and the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Programs; the target increases to 90% by 2018. In 2016, 30% of Medicare payments will be tied to quality or value through alternative payments models such as ACOs or bundled payment arrangements. That goal increases to 50% by