Payment For Physician Services

Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee on Quality of Health Care in America
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2001-08-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309072809

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Crossing the Quality Chasm by Institute of Medicine,Committee on Quality of Health Care in America Pdf

Second in a series of publications from the Institute of Medicine's Quality of Health Care in America project Today's health care providers have more research findings and more technology available to them than ever before. Yet recent reports have raised serious doubts about the quality of health care in America. Crossing the Quality Chasm makes an urgent call for fundamental change to close the quality gap. This book recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system and provides overarching principles for specific direction for policymakers, health care leaders, clinicians, regulators, purchasers, and others. In this comprehensive volume the committee offers: A set of performance expectations for the 21st century health care system. A set of 10 new rules to guide patient-clinician relationships. A suggested organizing framework to better align the incentives inherent in payment and accountability with improvements in quality. Key steps to promote evidence-based practice and strengthen clinical information systems. Analyzing health care organizations as complex systems, Crossing the Quality Chasm also documents the causes of the quality gap, identifies current practices that impede quality care, and explores how systems approaches can be used to implement change.

Author : United States. Physician Payment Review Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Medical fees
ISBN : MSU:31293029684382

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Medicare Physician Payment by United States. Physician Payment Review Commission Pdf

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309262057

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The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services Pdf

In 1996, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its report Telemedicine: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications for Health Care. In that report, the IOM Committee on Evaluating Clinical Applications of Telemedicine found telemedicine is similar in most respects to other technologies for which better evidence of effectiveness is also being demanded. Telemedicine, however, has some special characteristics-shared with information technologies generally-that warrant particular notice from evaluators and decision makers. Since that time, attention to telehealth has continued to grow in both the public and private sectors. Peer-reviewed journals and professional societies are devoted to telehealth, the federal government provides grant funding to promote the use of telehealth, and the private technology industry continues to develop new applications for telehealth. However, barriers remain to the use of telehealth modalities, including issues related to reimbursement, licensure, workforce, and costs. Also, some areas of telehealth have developed a stronger evidence base than others. The Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) sponsored the IOM in holding a workshop in Washington, DC, on August 8-9 2012, to examine how the use of telehealth technology can fit into the U.S. health care system. HRSA asked the IOM to focus on the potential for telehealth to serve geographically isolated individuals and extend the reach of scarce resources while also emphasizing the quality and value in the delivery of health care services. This workshop summary discusses the evolution of telehealth since 1996, including the increasing role of the private sector, policies that have promoted or delayed the use of telehealth, and consumer acceptance of telehealth. The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment: Workshop Summary discusses the current evidence base for telehealth, including available data and gaps in data; discuss how technological developments, including mobile telehealth, electronic intensive care units, remote monitoring, social networking, and wearable devices, in conjunction with the push for electronic health records, is changing the delivery of health care in rural and urban environments. This report also summarizes actions that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) can undertake to further the use of telehealth to improve health care outcomes while controlling costs in the current health care environment.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309144339

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The Healthcare Imperative by Institute of Medicine,Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine Pdf

The United States has the highest per capita spending on health care of any industrialized nation but continually lags behind other nations in health care outcomes including life expectancy and infant mortality. National health expenditures are projected to exceed $2.5 trillion in 2009. Given healthcare's direct impact on the economy, there is a critical need to control health care spending. According to The Health Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes, the costs of health care have strained the federal budget, and negatively affected state governments, the private sector and individuals. Healthcare expenditures have restricted the ability of state and local governments to fund other priorities and have contributed to slowing growth in wages and jobs in the private sector. Moreover, the number of uninsured has risen from 45.7 million in 2007 to 46.3 million in 2008. The Health Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes identifies a number of factors driving expenditure growth including scientific uncertainty, perverse economic and practice incentives, system fragmentation, lack of patient involvement, and under-investment in population health. Experts discussed key levers for catalyzing transformation of the delivery system. A few included streamlined health insurance regulation, administrative simplification and clarification and quality and consistency in treatment. The book is an excellent guide for policymakers at all levels of government, as well as private sector healthcare workers.

Author : Miriam Laugesen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780674545168

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Fixing Medical Prices by Miriam Laugesen Pdf

Miriam Laugesen goes to the heart of U.S. medical pricing: to a largely unknown committee of organizations affiliated with the American Medical Association. Medicare’s ready acceptance of this committee’s advisory recommendations sets off a chain reaction across the American health care system, leading to high—and disproportionate—rate setting.

Author : United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Health insurance
ISBN : MINN:31951D029878687

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Payment for Physician Services by United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210024829952

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Payment for Physician Services by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Medical
ISBN : UCSD:31822030286017

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Medicare Payment for Physician Services by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Government publications
ISBN : 9781428923102

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Payment for Physician Services by Anonim Pdf

Author : Institute of Medicine,Division of Health Care Services,Committee on Medicare Payment Methodology for Clinical Laboratory Services
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2000-12-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309183611

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Medicare Laboratory Payment Policy by Institute of Medicine,Division of Health Care Services,Committee on Medicare Payment Methodology for Clinical Laboratory Services Pdf

Clinical laboratory tests play an integral role in helping physicians diagnose and treat patients. New developments in laboratory technology offer the prospect of improvements in diagnosis and care, but will place an increased burden on the payment system. Medicare, the federal program providing coverage of health-care services for the elderly and disabled, is the largest payer of clinical laboratory services. Originally designed in the early 1980s, Medicare's payment policy methodology for outpatient laboratory services has not evolved to take into account technology, market, and regulatory changes, and is now outdated. This report examines the current Medicare payment methodology for outpatient clinical laboratory services in the context of environmental and technological trends, evaluates payment policy alternatives, and makes recommendations to improve the system.

Author : United States. Physician Payment Review Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Medical fees
ISBN : UOM:39015026205164

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Annual Report to Congress by United States. Physician Payment Review Commission Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Diagnosis related groups
ISBN : UCR:31210024867515

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Medicare Reimbursement for Physician Services by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health Pdf

Author : National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Committee on the Future of Nursing 2020-2030
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0309685060

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The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Committee on the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 Pdf

The decade ahead will test the nation's nearly 4 million nurses in new and complex ways. Nurses live and work at the intersection of health, education, and communities. Nurses work in a wide array of settings and practice at a range of professional levels. They are often the first and most frequent line of contact with people of all backgrounds and experiences seeking care and they represent the largest of the health care professions. A nation cannot fully thrive until everyone - no matter who they are, where they live, or how much money they make - can live their healthiest possible life, and helping people live their healthiest life is and has always been the essential role of nurses. Nurses have a critical role to play in achieving the goal of health equity, but they need robust education, supportive work environments, and autonomy. Accordingly, at the request of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, on behalf of the National Academy of Medicine, an ad hoc committee under the auspices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conducted a study aimed at envisioning and charting a path forward for the nursing profession to help reduce inequities in people's ability to achieve their full health potential. The ultimate goal is the achievement of health equity in the United States built on strengthened nursing capacity and expertise. By leveraging these attributes, nursing will help to create and contribute comprehensively to equitable public health and health care systems that are designed to work for everyone. The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity explores how nurses can work to reduce health disparities and promote equity, while keeping costs at bay, utilizing technology, and maintaining patient and family-focused care into 2030. This work builds on the foundation set out by The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (2011) report.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Hospitals, Convalescent
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127389018

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Ways to Reduce Payments for Physician and X-ray Services to Nursing-home Patients Under Medicare and Medicaid by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:24501268266

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Payment for physician services by Anonim Pdf