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Combined impact of medicare's hospital pay for performance programs on quality and safety outcomes is mixed.
The authors examined the combined impact of Medicare's pay for performance (P4P) programs on clinical areas and populations targeted by the programs, as well as those outside their focus. Using HCUP data, and consistent with previous studies for individual programs, they detected minimal, if any, effect of Medicare's hospital P4P programs on quality and safety. They recommended a redesigning of the P4P programs before continuing to expand them.
AHRQ-funded; HS025148.
Citation: Waters TM, Burns N, Kaplan CM .
Combined impact of medicare's hospital pay for performance programs on quality and safety outcomes is mixed.
BMC Health Serv Res 2022 Jul 28;22(1):958. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08348-w..
Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Medicare, Payment, Provider Performance, Hospitals, Quality Indicators (QIs), Quality Measures, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Patient Safety
Andrews RM, Schulman KA
AHRQ Author: Andrews RM
Enhancing the value of Statewide Hospital Discharge Data: improving clinical content and race-ethnicity data.
To foster successful approaches to enhancing state data, AHRQ awarded eight 3-year grants to explore methods to improve the clinical content and race/ethnicity information in these databases. This editorial announces an HSR Special Issue, sponsored by AHRQ, that focuses on the products and lessons learned from these grant projects. Seven articles cover background information on statewide hospital discharge data and the grant program aims, challenges, and lessons learned.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Andrews RM, Schulman KA .
Enhancing the value of Statewide Hospital Discharge Data: improving clinical content and race-ethnicity data.
Health Serv Res 2015 Aug;50 Suppl 1:1265-72. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12342..
Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Quality Improvement, Racial and Ethnic Minorities