CMS, premier launch pay-for-performance demo. (Hospital Reimbursement).(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

Publication: Medicine & Health

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Starting next year, top performing hospitals can get a boost in Medicare reimbursements under a three-year demonstration project unveiled July 10.

In addition, hospitals that perform poorly will be at risk for losing money in the last year of the groundbreaking demo, to be administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in conjunction with Premier, Inc. Premier is a group purchasing organization with...

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