Medicare & Medicaid
But changes to the safety and clinical care domains will come in 2019, so preparation is key.
New Mexico hospital leans on Zoeticx tech to bridge the gap between medical quality and patient care.
The agency is also announcing the immediate approval of both New Jersey and Utah's demonstration waivers under the new policy.
In 2016, the total national spending on pay-for-quality hit $354.5 billion.
Low early testing levels and poor access to care among disadvantaged populations is driving up the expense.
AMA report finds 75.6 percent of physicians had practices that treated uninsured patients in 2016, compared to 81.3 percent in 2012.
Seniorlink said patients tied to tech-enabled care managers used significantly fewer inpatient hospital and ER services.
Spending rises as states that implemented Medicaid expansion started to pay 5 percent of the costs of those enrollees in January 2017.
Cuts to safety net entitlement programs would pose a significant risk to providers' reimbursement of care for older, sicker and disabled populations.
Rule would cut Medicare Part B drug payments to hospitals participating in the 340B drug discount program.