Hospitals must submit specific quality performance data regarding Medicare patients or risk:
A) an increase in federal tax.
B) decreased payments.
C) fewer physician referrals.
D) sanctions by The Joint Commission (TJC).

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

In 2011, CMS developed the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, which applied to payments beginning in fiscal year 2013 for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2012. Under the program, CMS makes value-based incentive payments to 3500 acute care hospitals based either on how well the hospitals perform on certain quality measures or how much the hospitals' performance improves on certain quality measures from their performance during a baseline period. Reimbursement is based on quality of care, not quantity. The higher a hospital's performance or improvement during the performance period for a fiscal year, the higher the hospital's value-based incentive payment for the fiscal year would be (CMS, 2015).

Hospitals Must Submit Specific Quality Performance Data Regarding Medicare Patients