Medicare Rates and Hospitals

HealthIT Hot Topic

(, NR512, July, 112,2016)
Introduction

What is Medicare?
What are the benefits of Medicare?
Medicare provides insurances a big population
 Parts of Medicare

• Medicare part A
• Medicare part B
• Medicare part D
Impact on Practice

Medicare Payments and Hospital financial status

Medicare and Nursing Practice
Pros

Increasing Medicare payments will benefit hospitals

Increasing Medicare payment will be costly
The Effects of increasing Medicare payments
Application and Relevance of Informatics to
Topic

Technology and Nursing Informatics

Nursing Informatics and Research
Future Recommendations

Educate Staff
Support Staff
Constantly make improvements
Conclusion

• Medicare and Hospitals

• Medicare and Nursing Practice
• Pros of increasing Medicare rate
• Cons of increasing Medicare rate
• Future of Medicare
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• Layton, T. J., & Ryan, A. M. (2015). higher incentive payments in Medicare advantage's pay- for-performance program did not improve quality but did

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