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Recorded presentation

Mary Laschober, PhD¹, Myles Maxfield, PhD¹, Suzanne Felt-Lisk, MPA¹, and David Miranda, PhD². (1) Mathematica Policy Research, 600 Maryland Ave., SW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20024, 202-554-7572, mlaschober@mathematica-mpr.com, (2) Center for Beneficiary Choices/Beneficiary Education & Analysis Group, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Mail Stop S1-13-05, Baltimore, MD 21244

CMS's Hospital Quality Initiative includes voluntary public reporting of quality measures on Hospital Compare; development of a standardized survey of inpatient experiences; the pay-for-performance (P4P) Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration; and the Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update (APU) data reporting incentive program. In summer 2005, MPR surveyed a national sample of hospital executives to assess current participation in, and views on future, P4P initiatives. We will present findings on rates of hospital participation in P4P initiatives in our sample. We will also present findings about attitudes toward P4P efforts, internal use of quality measures to reward hospital staff, and options for selections of measure sets to use in future P4P efforts.

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

• Understand the extent to which, and reasons for, current hospital participation in pay-for-performance programs.
• Effect of hospital quality data on staff compensation.
• Hospital support in general and for specific measure inclusion in future hospital pay-for-performance and public reporting efforts.

Keywords: Hospitals, Quality Improvement

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No

Recorded presentation