On August 8, 2019, CMS published the proposed rule in the Federal Register for the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems.

On August 8, 2019, CMS published the proposed rule in the Federal Register for the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems.
VBP provides incentive for hospitals to administer excellent care, with the scores they receive determining the amount of Medicare reimbursements they earn, allowing them to further invest in their performance and cultivate higher scores.
What adjustments does CMS apply to our HCAHPS data?
AHRQ is seeking approval to collect and publish voluntary data on the Child HCAHPS survey.