Emerging Trends in Health Care Costs and Reimbursement for Heart Failure

AbstractPurpose of ReviewEscalating costs threaten to destabilize the US health care system. This review evaluates the overall economic burden of heart failure in the USA and new payment models that attempt to address rising costs.Recent FindingsThe aging population and improved outcomes with innovative treatments for heart failure are likely to result in a continued increasing economic burden. Recent cost estimates and economic models suggest that prior studies might have substantially underestimated the total costs related to heart failure. CMS is leading the efforts to design alternative payment systems that shift from rewarding volume of care to rewarding quality and improved outcomes with an emphasis on global integrated care payments.SummaryProviders of care to heart failure patients may be required to accept lower overall payments. Economic viability will require collaborative and efficient evidence-based quality care delivery models.
Source: Current Emergency and Hospital Medicine Reports - Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research