Medicare P4P demonstration project shows significant QI. Participants improve in all five clinical areas over three-year period.
In demonstration project, Medicare offers bonuses based on how well hospitals meet quality measures. Median performance composite score for all hospitals was up 7.5% in project's first year. Incentives may not have been the only reason for improvement, observers say.
D019985:Benchmarking; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D014481:United States