Medicare Starts To Reward Quality, Not Quantity, Of Care
Audio for this story from Morning Edition will be available at approximately 9:00 a.m. ET. In a push to improve quality, Medicare will pay some hospitals more and others, including Boston's Massachusetts General, less. In a push to improve quality, Medicare will pay some hospitals more and others, including Boston's Massachusetts General, less. Steven Senne/AP It's no longer enough for hospitals to just send a bill to Medicare and get paid. The nation's biggest insurer is starting to dole out bonuses and penalties to nearly 3,000 hospitals as it ties almost $1 billion in payments to the quality of care provided to patients. In what amounts to a nationwide competition, Medicare compared hospitals on how faithfully they followed basic standards of care and how patients rated their experiences.
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Organization: Auburn Community Hospital
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