Fewer Bonuses, More Penalties At Skilled Nursing Facilities Serving Vulnerable Populations

Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 Jul;38(7):1127-1131. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05393.

Abstract

The first round of incentives and penalties under the Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program were distributed October 1, 2018. Our results show that facilities serving vulnerable groups were less likely to receive bonus payments and more likely to be penalized.

Keywords: Disparities; Skilled Nursing Facility; payment policy; value based purchasing.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Medicare
  • Quality of Health Care*
  • Reimbursement, Incentive / statistics & numerical data*
  • Skilled Nursing Facilities / economics*
  • United States
  • Value-Based Purchasing / trends*
  • Vulnerable Populations / statistics & numerical data*