Sentences with phrase «largest health care payment»

There are now over 700 Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) in place across the country, covering 23 million Americans and making them one of the largest health care payment and delivery reforms underway in the United States.

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«The private sector is generally regarded as the engine of innovation in the United States, but on the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, health care's 2 largest public health insurance programs are playing a much larger role in innovation in payment and delivery reform and reshaping the delivery of care for the future.»

Although Medicare and Medicaid are playing a role in health care payment and delivery reform innovation, it will be difficult to enact large - scale program changes because of the conflicting priorities of beneficiaries, health practitioners and organizations, and policy makers, according to an article in the July 28 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on Medicare and Medicaid at 50.

If you owe money to a hospital or health care professional for services that they have already provided (a surgery, hospital stay or specialty care), consider trying to negotiate with them to reduce the amount of your debt in exchange for a larger upfront payment.