Hospital cardiovascular outcome measures in federal pay-for-reporting and pay-for-performance programs: a brief overview of current efforts

Steven B Spivack; Susannah M Bernheim; Howard P Forman; Elizabeth E Drye; Harlan M Krumholz

doi:10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001364

Hospital cardiovascular outcome measures in federal pay-for-reporting and pay-for-performance programs: a brief overview of current efforts

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014 Sep;7(5):627-33. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001364. Epub 2014 Sep 9.

Authors

Steven B Spivack¹, Susannah M Bernheim¹, Howard P Forman¹, Elizabeth E Drye¹, Harlan M Krumholz²

Affiliations

¹ From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (SBS); Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (SMB, EED, HMK), Yale-New Haven Hospital and Section of General Internal Medicine (SMB), Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, and School of Management, Yale University (HPF), New Haven, CT; Department of Pediatrics (EED), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Section of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine and the Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health (HMK), New Haven, CT.
² From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (SBS); Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (SMB, EED, HMK), Yale-New Haven Hospital and Section of General Internal Medicine (SMB), Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, and School of Management, Yale University (HPF), New Haven, CT; Department of Pediatrics (EED), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Section of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine and the Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health (HMK), New Haven, CT harlan.krumholz@yale.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: CMS; Cardiovascular Outcomes; Pay-for-Performance; Pay-for-Reporting; Quality Reporting; Readmission; Value-Based Purchasing.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
Government Programs*
Hospitals
Humans
Outcome Assessment, Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
Quality Assurance, Health Care / methods
Quality Improvement
Reimbursement, Incentive
Research Design
United States

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding