CMS will host a special open door forum on its FY 2013 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program on Wed., July 27, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. EST. The program, which will increase payments to high-quality ...

CMS' first bundled payment model, Medicare saved $112.7M but saw no quality improvements in joint replacement care.

A Medicare hospital quality improvement program has failed to yield reduced mortality for patients with acute myocardial infarction or heart failure 4 years into the program, a new study has found.

More than 1,800 hospitals will see payments from the federal government rise in 2016 due to improvements in quality under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services value-based purchasing program, ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...