discussion post

The cost of healthcare is higher in the United States compared to any other developed country in the world, but this does not equate to best health status for our U.S. population (OECD, 2020).  So what is the U.S. doing to improve U.S. population health (CMS Innovations, 2020) (QPP-MIPS, 2020) (HealthyPeople 2020)?
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Resources for this week:

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). (2020). CMS Innovations. https://innovation.cms.gov/

Quality Physician Payment System (QPP). (2020). Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS).   https://qpp.cms.gov/mips/overview

CDC. (2020). Healthly People 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/healthy_people/hp2020.htm

OECD. (2020). Health at a Glance (2019). http://www.oecd.org/health/health-systems/health-at-a-glance-19991312.htm