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The latest news in Healthcare IT – straight to your inbox. The Magazine. HHS plans big Medicare reimbursement changes. In what it's calling a 'historic' announcement, the Department of Health and Human Services has set new goals to speed the U.S. healthcare system toward value-based care. [See also: Value-based payment models expected to reach tipping point by 2018, study finds]
The following describes the health services for which Part A of Medicare reimburses participating institutional providers: inpatient hospital, skilled nursing facility, home health, and hospice services that are rendered to beneficiaries enrolled in Part A.