In a letter to CMS, the AHA and other nationwide hospital organizations recommended at least seven ways to restructure the agency’s value-based purchasing program to assess hospital performance and ...

CMS has released a proposed rule on value-based purchasing, which involves paying hospitals for performance on quality measures, according to a release by CMS. Currently, CMS pays hospitals simply for ...

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association representatives are drafting comprehensive legislation to resolve issues facing the ASC community and give patients better access to ASCs, according to an ASC ...

“Value-based care” (VBC) is one of the most frequently cited goals in U.S. healthcare reform — yet its meaning remains frustratingly vague and often contradictory. We hear that value-based care is the ...