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Promote the Value of Nursing
Issue Brief
In the redesign of the health care delivery system towards one driven by a team of health care providers in a patient-centered environment, it is important nurse leaders articulate the value of nursing in improved patient outcomes, care coordination, quality, safety and delivery of cost-effective care through data-driven research.
Bundled Payments: Market Trends and Markers of Success
Bundled payments have emerged as a reimbursement method that supports health care providers’ efforts to redesign care and improve outcomes for specific patient populations and clinical episodes of care. They offer financial incentives for various providers to work with each other and patients to deliver care in a more coordinated manner.
Sicker, More Complex Patients Are Driving Up Intensity of ED Care
Policymakers have noted an upward shift in the intensity of services provided to fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare beneficiaries in hospital emergency departments (EDs), as reflected in the level of evaluation and management (E/M) visits coded. This report examines a number of factors contributing to this trend.
Mapping Medicare Disparities
This AHA resource highlights how best to use the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Mapping Medicare Disparities tool.