California safety-net hospitals likely to be penalized by ACA value, readmission, and meaningful-use programs

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1314-1322

  Gilman, Matlin ^a   Adams, E Kathleen ^a   Hockenberry, Jason M ^b   Wilson, Ira B ^c   Milstein, Arnold S ^d   Becker, Edmund R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACT; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUNISHMENT; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; PURCHASING;

CALIFORNIA; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEANINGFUL USE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT READMISSION; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; UNITED STATES; VALUE-BASED PURCHASING;

EID: 84905966761     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0138     Document Type: Article

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