Poorly designed quality measurement, data collection and data sharing rules could cause big problems for care providers.
Gayle Kvenvold, president of Aging Services of Minnesota, and Patti Cullen, president of Care Providers of Minnesota, have made that argument in a comment letter sent to their state's Care Integration and Payment Reform workgroup.
Aging Services, a group of groups with an interest in aging, and Care Providers, a trade group for long-term care (LTC) providers, have teamed up to form a Long-Term Care Imperative coalition.
PPACA drafters were hoping the provisions would get Medicare and other insurers to change the way they pay doctors, hospitals and other care providers.
The idea is that new payment programs can get providers to think in terms of maximizing health and minimizing care costs for a whole patient, rather than charging as much for services as possible and providing as many services as possible.
Kvenvold and Cullen said the care integration workgroup should talk more about the importance of coordinating long-term care (LTC) along with acute health care.
The workgroup itself already has suggested that rural health care providers and providers that serve niche populations will need extra technical help.
