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A little-noticed provision of the health law calls for increasing reimbursements to doctors who provide quality care at lower cost and reducing payments to physicians who run up costs without better results.
The New England Journal of Medicine reports that a test project
Should the Supreme Court throw out the requirement to carry insurance, the administration might need assistance from Congress or the insurance industry to complete the overhaul.
The new data identify many major teaching institutions as having high rates of serious complications. But officials say the measures are faulty.
Catholic Healthcare West today ends its governing board's religious affiliation to ease concerns from possible new partners. Some of its hospitals will remain Catholic.
Whistleblowers allege that AseraCare improperly channeled people to gain maximum Medicare reimbursements. In a separate suit, federal attorneys say the company pressured employees to enroll patients in hospice who weren't dying.
Federal officials are seeking to make sure patients get the care they need after discharge. But the new policy is likely to disproportionately affect hospitals that treat the most low-income patients, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis.
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