A private, nonprofit institute created in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to set an agenda for, and oversee the conduct of, comparative effectiveness research in the U.S.
Also known as Value-Based Payments or Value-Based Purchasing, a method of paying health care providers differing amounts based on their performance on measures of quality and efficiency. Payment incentives can be in the form of bonuses or financial penalties.
Payment reform seeks to improve current mechanisms for reimbursing providers by including rewards for provider quality in the reimbursement mechanisms. (See ACA chapter.)
A flat percentage tax collected on salaries and wages. A payroll tax of 7.65 percent on both employers and employees finances Social Security cash benefits and Medicare Part A hospital services. Of that 7.65 percent, 1.45 percent each, or a total of 2.9 percent of...