Paul Levy
First published 3/21/11 on [Not] Running a Hospital
Maryland, the only state with a hospital rate-setting process, also has an interesting financial incentive program related to quality indicators. It is described here. Some excerpts:
This initiative, which commenced July 1, 2009, links payments to hospital performance on a set of 49 Maryland Hospital Acquired Conditions (MHAC) across all-payers and patients in the State. Continue reading “Maryland Proceeding Off-Course”