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Pay For Performance:

Will P4P Program Take Money Out Of Your Pocket?

Published on Fri Feb 04, 2011

CMS readies congressional report on value-based purchasing this fall. Getting docked for things that are out of a home health agency's control is just one of the industry's major concerns about the pay for performance program that may hit sooner than you think. On Feb. 24, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services held a special Open Door Forum about the home health P4P program, now called value-based purchasing (VBP). The Affordable Care Act, passed last March, requires CMS to issue a report on VBP for home care to Congress in October, noted CMS's John Pilotte in the call. CMS is still formulating its plan for the report, Pilotte noted. "Your feedback will be valued and help shape what this report ultimately looks like and recommends," he told attendees. CMS will base its recommendations on factors including the P4P demonstration than ran in 2007 and 2008 (see related story, this [...]
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