Electrosurgical units are one of the most common pieces of electrical equipment in an operating room. Although injury from inadvertent energy transfer isn’t frequent, it does happen, so it’s important to review safety measures and take the extra precautions to protect both your staff and your patients.
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The transition to a value-based purchasing model for the delivery of healthcare services has been in the works since Congress passed the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003. The legislation commissioned the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to develop strategies which link performance to payment in the Medicare program—to support a “pay for performance” approach to the U.S. healthcare system. The system encourages risk sharing and pay for performance, rather than pay for the number of procedures performed.
The value-based purchasing (VBP) program, more formally known as the hospital value-based purchasing (HVP) program, provides a direct response to rising healthcare costs and quality of care issues by using a performance-based payment strategy that offers financial incentives to providers based on their performance. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act officially authorized the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to create rules to make value-based purchasing of healthcare services a legal framework within the Medicare program.
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Bovie Medical is proud to be a leading supplier of electrosurgical equipment for hospitals, medical offices and veterinary practices. We also know that the purchase of this equipment is a large financial investment and those making the decision want access to as much information as possible before they make their investment. This is why we devote an entire page of our Bovie Medical Website to Aaron instructional materials.
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