Should medicare value-based purchasing take social risk into account?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 376, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 510-513

  Joynt, Karen E ^a,b   Lew, Nancy De ^b   Sheingold, Steven H ^b   Conway, Patrick H ^c   Goodrich, Kate ^c   Epstein, Arnold M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; PURCHASING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; MEDICARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; VALUE-BASED PURCHASING;

EID: 85012837296     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1616278     Document Type: Review

References (1)

1. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation. Report to Congress: social risk factors and performance under Medicare's value-based payment programs (https://aspe.hhs.gov/pdf-report/report-congress-social-risk-factors-And-performance-under-medicares-value-based-purchasing-programs).