It's all about the outcomes.
CMS and quality organizations want hospitals to collect more data that focus on patients and results rather than on processes and payment. How to measure things like readmissions and whether data should be publicly reported remain knotty issues.
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D057171:American Recovery and Reinvestment Act / Q000458:organization & administration; D003625:Data Collection; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010359:Patient Readmission; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States