Hospital value-based purchasing not linked to improved clinical process measures, study finds

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review)

The Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, established under the ACA, was not associated with clinical process or patient experience improvements but was associated with a decrease in mortality in pneumonia patients, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Continue reading article here…

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