CMS Launches Hospital Value-Based-Purchasing Program
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS launched its hospital value-based purchasing program April 29, advancing one of the health care reform law's key initiatives for improving care and lowering Medicare costs.
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