Penalizing hospitals for bad care. September 2011. CMAJ. - 0 views
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a recent paper that suggests hospitals should receive payments according to outcomes
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“pay for outcomes,” or P4O
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The United States appears to already be moving along that track within its Medicare program. In 2005, the country’s Deficit Reduction Act mandated that Medicare eliminate payments associated with specific medical complications. Similarly, hospitals with high readmission rates will also receive less from Medicare under the Affordable Care Act of 2010.
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