Medicare also has P4P for hospitals as well and it appears this could be substantial. BD
A demonstration project that Medicare officials describe as groundbreaking has improved the quality of patient care at participating hospitals, and according to hospital officials, saved the lives of 1,284 heart attack patients.
The program, which gives hospitals incentives for complying with quality-of-care guidelines, will provide bonus Medicare payments totaling nearly $8.7 million to 115 of the 260 participating hospitals. It was the second year of the program and the bonuses.
Even the hospitals that did not win bonus payments improved the quality of care to a greater extent than the average American hospital, Herb Kuhn, acting deputy administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, told reporters Jan. 26.
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