Hospital Value-Based Purchasing: CMS Should Take Steps to Ensure Lower Quality Hospitals Do Not Qualify for Bonuses
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Description
Examines the scoring methodology used by the Hospital
Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) program, which measures
quality and efficiency within multiple hospital types
including small, rural, and safety net hospitals. Addresses
differences in how safety net, small rural, and small urban
hospitals performed, how payment adjustments changed for
them over time, and the impact of an efficiency score on
payment adjustments. Supports revising the methodology to
apply the standards more evenly.
Date
06/2017
Organization
Government Accountability Office
Tagged as
Healthcare quality
· Hospitals
· Medicare
· Policy
· Reimbursement and payment models
· Statistics and data