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Study: Pay-for-performance project could save lives

Credentialing Resource Center Connection, September 21, 2006

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A study released by Premier Inc. has concluded that an increased use of the quality measures put forward in the Medicare pay-for-performance project could save lives and cut costs for hospitals, according to a report by the American Hospital Association (AHA).

According to the study, the quality measures were collected as part of the CMS / Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID) project, a national pay-for-performance project involving more than 260 hospitals. The HQID was designed to provide a combination of financial rewards and public recognition to hospitals that demonstrate high quality performance in caring for five clinical populations in the acute care setting.

The study discovered that the majority of patients who received most or all of the project's recommended interventions in the five clinical areas detailed in the study had better outcomes, shorter lengths of stay, and lower costs.

For more information, visit the AHA's Web site at http://www.ahanews.com/ahanews_app/jsp/display.jsp?dcrpath=AHANEWS/AHANewsNowArticle/data/ann_060831_Premier&domain=AHANEWS To view the study, visit http://www.premierinc.com/all/quality/p4p/press/quality-cost-methods-paper3.pdf.

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