In the news: Premier says any hospital can achieve positive value-based purchasing results
Medical Staff Leader Connection, August 12, 2009
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Although safety net hospitals (those with the highest percentage of disproportionate share patients) lagged behind other types of hospitals at the outset of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration’s value-based purchasing project, they seem to be catching up, according to an August 6 press release from Premier Healthcare Alliance.
Below is aggregate data representing all clinical quality measures within each clinical area from the first three years of the project:
- Heart Attack (AMI)
Non-safety net: 90.7-96.2 percent (5.5 percent improvement)
Safety net: 88.8-95.2 percent (6.4 percent improvement) - Heart Failure
Non-safety net: 72.4-88.6 percent (16.3 percent improvement)
Safety net: 68.4-86.3 percent (17.9 percent improvement) - Hip and Knee Replacement
Non-safety net: 89.0-95.5 percent (6.5 percent improvement)
Safety net: 86.8-94.7 percent (7.9 percent improvement)
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