A $400M incentive drives hospitals to meet health equity goals
03/25/24 at 03:00 AM
A $400M incentive drives hospitals to meet health equity goals
Modern Healthcare, by Kara Hartnett; 3/21/24
Hospitals across Massachusetts are building infrastructure to examine health disparities and address social needs, driven by new incentives within the state's Medicaid program. The program is authorized to pay out $400 million annually to private acute-care hospitals, divided among those that comply with an evolving set of operational and quality standards related to health equity. Eventually, healthcare organizations will receive distributions based on their ability to close gaps in care.