Policies to Improve Care and Reduce Medicare Cost Growth

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Policies to Improve Care and Reduce Medicare Cost Growth “Policymakers also have considered changes to Medicare policies that would be intended to encourage more coordinated, effective, and efficient health care for its beneficiaries. How effective do you think each of the following policies would be in improving care and reducing Medicare cost growth?” NET 65% 62% 59% 58% 57% 50% ''Bundled payment''... Incentivizing Medicare beneficiaries to designate a primary care ''medical home''… Using Medicare's leverage to accelerate adoption of electronic medical record… Rewarding providers for performance on quality and efficiency Developing evidence-based guidelines or protocols… Paying for transitional care services… Paying for disease management services… Source: Commonwealth Fund Health Care Opinion Leaders Survey, October 2009.