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Paper needs to be 2-3 pages in length in APA
formatting, not including the required cover page and page for your reference list used to write
about your chosen topics. In your paper: 1) introduce your topics, 2) discuss your topics, and
then 3) make a conclusion about your topics.
In this assignment, the student will need to address the following healthcare quality initiatives
in a short application paper:
1) Explain the pay-for-performance quality initiatives under the Medicare Part A and Part B
systems.
2) Describe the important characteristics of screening tests and how they are used in both
private and community health as a quality initiative.
3) Go to CMS Hospital Compare, find a hospital in the area of San Diego and describe your findings on
its quality measures. See:
Explanation & Answer
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Running head: HEALTHCARE QUALITY INITIATIVES
Healthcare Quality Initiatives
Healthcare Quality Initiatives
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HEALTHCARE QUALITY INITIATIVES
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Healthcare Quality Initiatives
1) Explain the pay-for-performance quality initiatives under the Medicare Part
A and Part B systems.
Pay for performance, also known as a value-based payment system on healthcare,
comprises payment forms that attach disincentives and incentives to the provider's
performance. It is a part of the national strategy to transition healthcare into value-based
medicine. Although the system still utilizes the traditional fee for service system, it
encourages the providers to adopt a value-based system because it ties reimbursement of
finances to the metric-driven outcomes, patient satisfaction, and the proven best practices
(Catalyst, 2018). The approach, therefore, aligns payment with value and quality healthcare.
Medicaid and Medicare services endorse pay for performance as it overall improves the
quality of care.
An initiative of the pay for performance program run by Medicare is the physician
group practice demonstration. (BIPA), the protection Act of 2000. BIPA is a mandate by both
Medicare and Medicaid. It is the first demonstration of pay for physicians' performance
initiatives in the Medicare program (Catalyst, 2018). The in...
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