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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); formerly Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)

In June of 2001, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) was renamed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Notes: - bundled payments* to reduce cost & improve quality of care - myocardial infarction - coronary artery bypass - hip replacement, knee replacement - hip fracture, femoral fracture * bundled payment to include all services rendered during hospital stay & for 90 days after discharge

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health maintenance organization (HMO) Medical Administrative Service (MAS)

References

  1. nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov/hstat/ahcpr/
  2. Geriatrics Review Syllabus, American Geriatrics Society, 5th edition, 2002-2004; 7th edition 2010
  3. Elia J, Fairchild DG, Di Francesco L Medicare Will Test Bundled Payments for Some Cardiac Care. Physician's First Watch, July 27, 2016 David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, Editor-in-Chief Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Fact Sheet. July 25, 2016 Notice of proposed rulemaking for bundled payment models for high-quality, coordinated cardiac and hip fracture care. https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2016-Fact-sheets-items/2016-07-25.html
  4. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services United States Department of Health and Human Services http://www.cms.gov