Many provisions of the ACA promote Higher Value Care or value-based reimbursement. An example of these
are the Medicare Shared Savings Programs. Within this type of value-based reimbursement are the MeritBased Incentive Payment System (MIPS), Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) and the
Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP). Choose one of these value-based programs for
your paper.
Paper Components and Formatting Guidelines
Formatting and Style: Papers should be submitted as one document, 11-point Arial font, with 1-inch margins,
double-spaced. Submitted papers should be free of spelling or grammar errors, and the paper should be
written in traditional academic APA format.
▪ Title Page: Traditional APA format, all pages numbered, include a running head. Use the following required
Level 1 Headings of (centered, boldface, uppercase and lowercase headings), but feel free to correctly use
Level 2 Headings (and Level 3, if necessary).
▪ You may include information in a table format or figure if that is helpful to you. If used, reference in the body of
the paper but insert after the final reference page.
▪ Overview of (either MIPS. HRRP, or HACRP)
Provide an overview of the program selected.
▪ How (MIPS, HRRP, or HACRP) Intends to Achieve Higher Value
Explain broadly how this program was intended to achieve higher
value
▪ History and Evidence
Discuss how the mechanism specifically wor
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