Medicare officials have announced a four state demonstration to determine if cash incentives will improve the quality of care and efficiency of operations in nursing homes. Nursing homes in Arizona, Mississippi, New York and Wisconsin will be asked to participate.
Participating facilities will be awarded performance points. Those with the highest scores or the greatest improvement will be elligible for a performance payment.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that at least 100 facilities in each state will apply to take part in the demonstration.
The demonstration is expected to run from July 2009 through June of 2012. At that time its effectiveness will be evaluated for possible changes to Medicare payment policy.
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