• Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing Program - Final Rule

  Copy of Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing Program final rule. Published April 2012.

• Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing Program - Final Rule

  Copy of Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing Program final rule. Published May 2011.

• Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing Program - Proposed Rule

  Copy of Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing Program proposed rule. Published January 2011.

• NAPH Comments on Proposed Rule Regarding Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing Program (March 2011)

  Comments on the proposed rule Regarding Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing Program.

• 2/9/11: New Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program - Webinar

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to implement a Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program, as required by the Affordable Care Act. As statutorily mandated, Medicare payments would be reduced beginning in fiscal year 2013 to fund incentive payments to hospitals achieving certain quality-based performance scores. Members gave feedback on the impact of the proposed rule. Member comments will guide NAPH’s submission of comments. A brief summary of the content of the proposed rule can be accessed here.

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