title: Time to pay for quality. CMS will partner with premier in trial project to give financial bonuses to hospitals that deliver the best care.
abstract: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is poised to announce a new pilot program in which it will partner with healthcare alliance Premier to reward top performing hospitals with recognition and, more importantly, added dollars. Though a relatively risk-free step for the nation's largest payer, it marks a seminal moment for the burgeoning paying-for-quality movement in healthcare.
authors.forename: Cinda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D016363:Antitrust Laws; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States