title: High-risk proposition. With CMS' 'value-based purchasing' model, struggling hospitals are wondering if they can afford the IT needed to make it work.
abstract: As the CMS pushes its "value-based purchasing" model, hospitals are left wondering if they'll get squeezed by a program that will require them to invest big bucks in technology. "People need to ... understand it is a way of transforming Medicare from a passive payer of claims to an active purchaser of higher-quality, more-efficient services," says the CMS' Thomas Valuck.
authors.forename: Cinda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007882:Legislation, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000191:economics*; D016344:Medicare Part A / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States