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healthcare delivery models
Term | Definition |
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Accountable care organizations (ACOs) | groups of physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers come together to voluntarily to provide coordinated high-quality care to their Medicare patients. when ACO succeeds, will share the savings for the medicare program |
Capitation (partial or full) | pt's are assigned a per member per month payment based on their age, race, sex, lifestyle, medical history, and benefit design |
Global budget | fixed total dollar amount paid annually for all care. participating providers can determine how money is spent. limit the level and the rate of increase of health care cost. include a quality component as well |
Health maintenance organization (HMO) | contracts with a medical center or providers to provide preventive and acute care for insured people. generally require referrals and precertification and preauthorization for hosp admissions, outpatients procedures, treatments. |
Patient centered medical home (PCMH) | a PCP coordinates treatment to make sure patients receive the required care when and where they need it and in a way they can understand. |
Pay for performance | reimbursement model compensates providers only if they meet certain measures for quality and efficiency. generating quality benchmark measures connects provider reimbursement directly to the quality of care they provide. |
Preferred provider organization (PPO) | more flexibility than HMO. insured people don't need a PCP, but doesn't need a referral. although patients can see providers in or out of their network, and in network provider usually costs less. |