List date(s) this work was published or aired.
Oct. 10, 2012
Provide a brief synopsis of the story or stories, including any significant findings.
The federal government because of the Obama health care law is beginning an effort to pay providers in a way that encourages more efficient and coordinated care. But those efforts are not without their setbacks. Inside Health Policy first reported the exclusive story that CMS had to abruptly suspend one of the models in its Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative, dealing a setback to the demonstration that is designed to move away from the volume-driven fee-for-service system in Medicare to one that encourages care coordination. The story also highlights that hospitals, which were keen to participate in the highly anticipated demonstration and had made the necessary preparations to do so, were very displeased about CMS’ sudden decision.
Explain types of documents, data or Internet resources used. Were FOI or public records act requests required? How did this affect the work?
Documents obtained for the story included internal memos confirming CMS’ course of action as well as previous documents from CMS describing the initiative. No FOI or public records act requests were necessary.
Explain types of human sources used.
CMS and hospital officials were spoken with for this story. The story came to fruition because of a tip from a provider source.
Results:
None.
Follow-up (if any). Have you run a correction or clarification on the report or has anyone come forward to challenge its accuracy? If so, please explain.
No corrections or clarifications have been run for this story, however we continue to follow-up on the progress of the bundled payment initiative and have written several stories since this piece.
Advice to other journalists planning a similar story or project.
It’s very possible that this story would not have been reported without the original tip from someone involved in the demonstration. Source development is absolutely crucial.