CMS - pay-for-performance

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The CMS/Premier Hospital Quality Incentive (HQI) Demonstration Project tracks hospital performance on a set of 34 nationally standardized and widely accepted quality indicators and pays annual incentives to top performers among participating hospitals.

With four quarters of preliminary data gathered, there is a clear trend toward significantly improved quality among the participating hospitals.