More Efficient Delivery Of Health Care

Delivery reform means making sure that the right patient gets the right treatment at the right time in the most efficient way possible. This bill includes reforms in Medicare that will reward the quality of care, not the quantity of care. Affordable Health Care for America Act:
· Creates incentives to reduce preventable hospital readmissions. Those incentives reward transition planning and coordination for patients who move from a hospital back home or to another facility.
· Encourages the formation of Accountable Care Organizations that allow hospitals and doctors to work together to manage and coordinate care.
· Advances “bundling” payment methodology under which one payment would be made- rather than separate payments- to any combination of physicians, acute or post-acute providers.
· Promotes patient-centered medical homes that encourage primary care providers to manage and coordinate their patients’ care over time.
· Ensures that physicians and nurses have access to the most accurate and up-to-date research when making treatment decisions.
· Builds productivity adjustments into provider payment systems, encouraging providers to improve efficiency on pace with the rest of the economy.
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