Pay for Performance/Quality

2008 Policy Position Statement: Healthcare-associated Infections (.pdf)
2008 Policy Principles: Comparative Effectiveness (.pdf)
2008 Policy Principles: Quality and Pricing Transparency (.pdf)

Date	Topic
2/29/08	Budget committees expected to markup soon: Senate Finance Committee to hold value based purchasing roundtable next week
2/15/08	Premier urges Congress to reject administration’s proposal to use value-based purchasing for deficit-reduction
2/15/08	HHS releases long-awaited rule on Patient Safety Organizations
2/1/08	Premier supports legislation to strengthen antimicrobial resistance
1/25/08	Senator Kennedy calls for investigation on delay of patient safety rules
12/20/07	CMS holds listening session on hospital-acquired conditions
12/7/07	CMS listening session on hospital-acquired conditions – Registration deadline Monday, December 10
12/7/07	CMS releases hospital value-based purchasing plan; Congressional action this session uncertain
11/9/07	Sen. Durbin introduces legislation addressing healthcare-associated infections; CMS launches new HAI resource Web site
10/12/07	CMS announces Home Health Pay-for-Performance Demonstration
9/14/07	Senate Finance Committee leaders inquire into status of Medicare hospital value-based purchasing plan
6/29/07	Hospital mortality information posted on Hospital Compare Web site
6/15/07	House subcommittee examines strategies for evaluating clinical effectiveness
6/1/07	CMS releases instructions for "present on admission" indicator for reporting secondary diagnosis
4/20/07	Premier responds to Medicare hospital value-based purchasing draft plan following second listening session
4/19/07	Senators ask Appropriations subcommittee to boost funding for nursing workforce programs
4/12/07	CMS posts audio file of April 12, 2007 Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing "Listening Session
3/22/07	CMS releases outline of options for Hospital value-based purchasing plan; Comments due to CMS by April 19

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