AHA News reports that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will solicit home health agencies in seven states to participate in a two-year pay-for-performance demonstration to begin in January. The states are Alabama, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts and Tennessee. Participating home health agencies could receive payments for improvements in patient outcomes based on seven quality measures from the existing Outcome-Based Quality Improvement set, dependent on overall savings to the Medicare program. This demonstration is expected to precede a nationwide adoption of pay-for-performance for all home health providers in the Medicare program
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Jaz-Michael King directs health care transparency at IPRO, a non-profit health care quality improvement organization. This blog is updated by Jaz and members of the transparency team. If you would like help with your transparency efforts, please visit IPRO eServices.
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Has CMS published a list of the home health agencies that are involved in the 7 state pilot projects? Where would I find it if so?
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