Payment Reform

The Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform helps design and implement innovative approaches to healthcare payment and delivery in regions across the US.

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

Almost 700 rural hospitals (> 30% of U.S. rural hospitals ) are at risk of closing & over 300 are at immediate risk because Medicare Advantage & commercial insurance plans aren't paying adequately for services to patients. @BeckersHR https://t.co/D0bXfSFsza

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

More #rural communities lose access to #maternity care every year. Immediate actions are needed to address the serious workforce and payment challenges facing rural #maternitycare. The problems and solutions are described here: https://t.co/YFp7qW1pRH #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay

[Harold Miller @HaroldDMiller]

@NBCNews & @gmorgenson show how #MedicareAdvantage plans are forcing #ruralhospitals to close and making it hard for senior citizens in #rural areas to get #healthcare services. Congress and @CMSGov need to fix this problem ASAP. https://t.co/oiHncJkTYO

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

Hundreds of #ruralhospitals across the country could be forced to close soon due to inadequate payments from private insurance companies, particularly #MedicareAdvantage plans. Having insurance doesn't help you if there is no place to use it. #rural https://t.co/CgyuGI1MIn

[Kristina Fiore @KristinaMFiore]

A small rural hospital in Pennsylvania is trying a new strategy to stay afloat -- starting a @gofundme campaign:
https://t.co/MwRc9yKQ3u

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

It does little good to have health insurance if there is no place in your community to use it. Residents of many #rural communities in Missouri and other states could lose their #ruralhospitals unless health plans start to pay adequately for services. https://t.co/ouU4Dy5HD1

[Chris & Amy on KMOX @ChrisAmyKMOX]

Rural hospitals across Missouri are closing, making access to healthcare even more difficult.

@HaroldDMiller of the @PaymentReform joined us to talk about the financial burden that is creating this healthcare problem for rural Missourians.

Go back:
https://t.co/NXDrPGAHR1

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

Many communities in Missouri could lose access to essential #healthcare services in the next few years unless private insurance companies start paying adequately for #ruralhospital services. #ruralhealth #rural #ruralhospitals https://t.co/KKLMQqGReW @clarabatess

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

Long before a #ruralhospital closes, it may be forced to eliminate important services, such as #maternitycare. This report https://t.co/YFp7qW1pRH shows that most #ruralhospitals no longer deliver babies, and many of those that still do are losing $$. #ruralhealth #rural

[Alice Miranda Ollstein @AliceOllstein]

@meganmesserly The problem is projected to get even worse.

A new @PaymentReform report found that "more than 600 rural hospitals – over 30% of all rural hospitals in the country – are at risk of closing."

https://t.co/DNBJiMOiUS

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

Millions of Americans could lose access to essential #healthcare services over the next several years, including #primarycare and emergency care. The reason?Private insurance companies are putting small #ruralhospitals out of business. #rural https://t.co/7OA7hcj8si

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

Hundreds of #ruralhospitals are at risk of closing because of low payments, delays, & denials from private insurance companies. The solution isn't cutting services to #rural residents, it's paying adequately for #ruralhealthcare.
https://t.co/DacxR15Ix6 @LauraMiller19 @BeckersHR

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

#RuralHospitals #RuralHealth #MaternityCare #Maternity #Rural

[Tennessee Lookout || tnlookout.bsky.social @TNLookout]

A report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform found more than half of Tennessee's rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies, part of a trend of dwindling rural health care. @anitawadhwani
reports. cc: @PaymentReform
https://t.co/dsXZotGPbm

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

To eliminate maternity deserts in the U.S. and support high quality #maternitycare for all mothers and babies, health insurance plans need to pay adequately for #maternity care services. https://t.co/V2XKJHMq7X @PBGHealth @healthblair #maternity #ruralhealth #maternalmortality

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

One-fourth of Mississippi's #ruralhospitals are at immediate risk of closing due to inadequate payments from health insurance companies. https://t.co/b2nU80ZCFn @MSTODAYnews @devnabose Data on other states and the solutions to prevent closures are here: https://t.co/emEPcRuwYI

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

More than 200 #ruralhospitals across the U.S. are at immediate risk of closing due to inadequate payments from health plans. This report shows which states have the most #rural hospitals at risk & what should be done to prevent closures:
https://t.co/emEPcRuwYI #ruralhealth

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

Many #rural communities no longer have local #maternitycare services because health insurance companies underpay #ruralhospitals. This contributes to the high US #maternalmortality & #infantmortality rates. Some specific solutions are described here: https://t.co/O5rZsQmjQA

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

If you're sick, would you want your doctor to earn more if you get less treatment than you need? That's what "population-based payment" does. https://t.co/A88UOWOsov… @HealthLeaders @SchiavoAmanda #ValueBasedCare #VBHC #ACOs #APMs #healthequity #ruralhealth #primarycare

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

Success for a #ruralhospital shouldn't mean reducing or eliminating essential #ruralhealth services. https://t.co/qEpwa1B4Z7 via @coloradosun @johningold All payers - private heath plans, Medicaid, & Medicare - need to pay #ruralhospitals adequately https://t.co/y4UG3pbToG #rural

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

@CMSinnovates has quietly terminated its hospital global budget demo after #ruralhospitals realized it would hurt them, not help them. https://t.co/Zh2nOL3prG @CMSGov should create a program that will truly help #rural hospitals & improve #ruralhealth. https://t.co/wvZG285ezi

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

We won't eliminate disparities by merely measuring them or providing small P4P bonuses/penalties. The only way to achieve #equity is to pay adequately for the care each patient needs to improve their #health. That's what patient-centered payment does. #valuebasedcare #vbhc #APMs

[Harold Miller @HaroldDMiller]

@CMSinnovates has never created an #APM that would support effective #chronicdisease care by specialists and #primarycare. A new paper in @Amb_Care_Mgmt describes how @CMSGov & private health plans should fill this gap. https://t.co/a0YMuN4yFo #vbhc #equity @PatientCtrdPmt

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

Large federal pandemic grants provided temporary relief for small #ruralhospitals, but losses on services will ultimately force them to close. If #rural residents don't force health plans to pay small hospitals adequately, there may be nowhere to use their insurance. #ruralhealth

[devna bose @devnabose]

A newly updated report shows that fewer MS rural hospitals are at risk of closure than they were 3 months ago — but MS is by no means out of the danger zone.

“Mississippi needs to be doing things now to try to help make sure these hospitals don’t close.���
https://t.co/fMlJfyTSSv

[Payment Reform @PaymentReform]

#valuebasedcare #VBHC #healthcarequality #equity

[Harold Miller @HaroldDMiller]

#Hospitals need to get back to basics - ensuring they have adequate staff to deliver essential services safely to patients when needed. Read @SchiavoAmanda's story about how payments need to change & what hospital CFOs, CMOs, & CNOs must do. https://t.co/q3QLVzSJ8W @HealthLeaders