title: The QIP: will it improve dialysis care? An overview.
abstract: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program is a pay-for-performance initiative that imposes dialysis payment reductions of up to 2% for suboptimal quality. In payment years 2012 and 2013 the methodology is simple, a point system based on performance in dialysis adequacy and anemia. In payment year 2014 (performance period begins Jan. 1, 2012) the QIP changes substantially, with a methodology that more closely resembles the Medicare Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing Program. Succeeding with the QIP will require both providing high quality care for a wider variety of measures, and a clear and complete understanding of the program structure and the new scoring methodology. In this review we discuss the QIP, with a comprehensive explanation of measures and scoring procedure.
authors.affiliation: North Shore-LIJ Health System, Great Neck, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fishbane
authors.forename: Ilene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Danko
authors.forename: Naveed
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masani
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States