Medicare program; hospital inpatient value-based purchasing program. Final rule

摘要: This final rule implements a Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing program (Hospital VBP or the program) under section 1886(o) of Social Security Act (the Act), which value-based incentive payments will be made in fiscal year to hospitals that meet performance standards with respect period for involved. The apply discharges occurring on after October 1, 2012, accordance (as added by 3001(a) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended Health Education Reconciliation 2010 (collectively known Act)). Scoring based whether hospital meets exceeds established measures. By adopting this program, we reward actual quality measures, rather than simply reporting data those