title: IMPACT Act levels the playing field on healthcare performance.
abstract: The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act (IMPACT), which requires post-acute providers to compile and submit quality, performance, and resource use data, gives hospitals an opportunity to work closely with the providers to which they discharge patients. The Act standardizes data collection and data sharing among post-acute providers. The data will eventually be reported publicly. The IMPACT Act is part of the CMS emphasis on basing reimbursement on quality. Currently, post-acute providers are paid on a fee-for-service basis. The Act gives post-acute providers an incentive to work on initiatives to reduce readmissions to collaborate with hospitals on improving transitions.
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States