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Session: Innovations in Health System Financing, Contracting, Purchasing and Payment
4034.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Innovations in Health System Financing, Contracting, Purchasing and Payment
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: (1) describe the rationale and reasons for adopting new purchasing and payment arrangements in US and international health systems; (2) assess the early effects of these new arrangements on health care access, quality, and costs; and (3) identify recommendations for further refinements in health system purchasing and payment arrangements to achieve public health goals.
Moderator(s):Glen Mays, PhD, MPH
8:30 AMPay for Performance for Hospitals: Effects of latent factors on component scoring methodology and implications for payment  [ Recorded presentation ]
Samuel O. Ogunbo, PhD, Nikolas Matthes, MD, PhD, MPH, Carlos Alzola, MS, Jen-Hao Cheng, PhD, Devi Sinha, BS
8:45 AMAcceptance of Healthcare Rebates in the Netherlands
Christiaan J. Lako, dr, Nelleke de Vos, ir
9:00 AMAssessing the performance of International Refined-, Taiwan-and CMS DRGs in a closed-staff health care system  [ Recorded presentation ]
Yue-Chune Lee, DrPH, Chien-Ching Li, MPH
9:15 AMPrescriptions for fiscal health: Valencia Health Services assessment report  [ Recorded presentation ]
Morgan Fitzpatrick, Caroline Sison, Denise Gallegos-Milosevich
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Health Administration
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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