Industry perspective on the future of reporting and paying for quality

APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

Denise Remus, PhD, RN, Clinical Informatics, Premier, Inc., 404 W Greenbriar Lane, Dallas, TX 75208, 214-943-3616, denise_remus@premierinc.com

The CMS/Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID) Project is the first national project to measure hospital performance and offer additional Medicare payment for top quality care. However the quality measurements and quality improvements have not been made in isolation from other reporting and pay for performance programs. The HQID has provided the environment for industry-wide and nation-wide discussions related to quality data collection, analysis and reporting – key components of any program to publicly report on and reward quality. Other considerations include engaging physicians and aligning hospital and physician incentives. The final session in this panel will draw from the experiences of hospitals participating in the HQID, other national reporting programs (e.g., JCAHO ORYX and Hospital Compare), and private pay-for-performance initiatives to discuss the industry's perspective on the future of quality reporting and payment linked to quality.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of the session, the participant in this session will be able to

1. Describe challenges associated with quality measures and data collection that impact hospital’s participation in pay-for-performance programs.
2. Identify two benefits and two limitations, from the industry perspective, associated with pay-for-performance.

Keywords: Hospitals, Quality of Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? Yes

Organization Clinical/Research Area Type of Relationship

Premier, Inc. Quality Evaluation Employment (includes retainer), Full-time employee of Premier Inc (VP) and Other (please describe)

Any company-sponsored training? Yes

Did the company pay your travel and lodging? Yes

Were you provide you with slides as part of the training sessions? Yes

Did you receive an honorarium or consulting fee for participating in the training? No

Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission? No

Organization	Clinical/Research Area	Type of Relationship
Premier, Inc.	Quality Evaluation	Employment (includes retainer), Full-time employee of Premier Inc (VP) and Other (please describe)

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

Recorded presentation

Hospital Quality Reporting: Challenges and Opportunities

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA

Any company-sponsored training?	Yes
Did the company pay your travel and lodging?	Yes
Were you provide you with slides as part of the training sessions?	Yes
Did you receive an honorarium or consulting fee for participating in the training?	No

Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?	No