Dialysis Center Productivity Accelerated after 2011 Payment Reform without Compromising Quality of Care
Year: 2021
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In January 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System (ESRD PPS) with the goal of creating strong economic incentives for Medicare dialysis providers to improve efficiency in the delivery of dialysis treatments, but without compromising quality of care. To date, no formal evaluations have been published of the impacts of the new payment reforms on dialysis center efficiency in the quantity and quality of care delivered in the pre vs. post PPS era. Our objective was to examine whether the goal of improved efficiency in the delivery of dialysis was achieved without compromise to quality of care in the four years following implementation of the End Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System (ESRD PPS) in 2011.
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3129170512