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           Obama: Base Health Care Payments on Quality, not Quantity

   by Associated Press

   President Barack Obama wants to cut health care costs by reducing
   unnecessary treatments, tests and hospital visits that rack up big
   bills.

   Obama on Wednesday will launch what the White House calls a [1]Health
   Care Payment Learning and Action Network. The White House says more
   than 2,800 health care providers, patients and consumer groups have
   agreed to take part.

   The goal is to tie more payments for health care services to the
   quality - not quantity - of services rendered. Earlier this year the
   administration set a goal to tie 30 percent of Medicare payments to
   quality and value, but Obama wants to go further.

   The president will announce the new network on Wednesday during a
   speech marking the fifth anniversary of his health care law, the
   Affordable Care Act.

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   [2]http://www.voanews.com/content/ap-obama-base-heath-care-payment-on-q
   uality-not-quantity/2693731.html

References

   1. http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/Health-Care-Payment-Learning-and-Action-Network/
   2. http://www.voanews.com/content/ap-obama-base-heath-care-payment-on-quality-not-quantity/2693731.html