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onsidering all the reimbursement-relat-
ed alphabet soup surgical facility
leaders have had to decode in the
past year or so, it's almost like having
to learn a new language. APM.
HCAHPS. MACRA. MIPS. OAS CAHPS. How well do
you speak it?
Healthcare reimbursement is on the cusp of a
momentous transition, from one of volume to one of
value. In this new landscape, insurers will pay
healthcare providers on the quality of their patient
outcomes, not based simply on the number of
patients who pass through their doors. Although
many providers look to the future with a sense of
uncertainty, even fear, there is plenty of room for
optimism, according to Zeev N. Kain, MD, MBA,
FAAP, of the University of California, Irvine School
Well known for his
work in transforming
surgical care through
the Enhanced Recovery
After Surgery and
Perioperative Surgical
Home models.
Zeev N. Kain, MD, MBA, FAAP
The Future of Reimbursement
Change is coming. Are you ready for the transition?
President
of the
American
College of
Perioperative
Medicine in
Irvine, Calif.
Chancellor's
Professor in the
Department of
Anesthesiology and
Perioperative Care at
the University of
California, Irvine
School of Medicine.
of Medicine and the
American College of
Perioperative Medicine,
both of Irvine, Calif.
In his ORX address,
"From Volume to Value:
The Future of Facility
Reimbursement," Dr.
Kain will explore the
roots of the current vol-
ume-to-value movement
and explain the clinical,
operational and regulato-
ry implications of this
complex new paradigm.
He will also take a look
at the reimbursement-