The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) now pays hospitals a percentage bonus (or penalty) in the future based the experience of Medicare patients’ entire episode of care, up to 30 days post-discharge. In other words, each patient’s episode of care - including in a skilled nursing facility, outpatient rehabilitation, and home health care - affects future Medicare payments to the index hospital. This creates stronger incentives to avoid bad patients and implicit incentives between cost and quality. Edward C. Norton, Ph.D., professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, and professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, will discuss these issues.
Lunch will be served and RVSPs required: [email protected]
Lunch will be provided.
Please RSVP to Jessica Patterson, [email protected]