Paying for outcomes, not performance: lessons from the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011 Apr;37(4):184-92, 145. doi: 10.1016/s1553-7250(11)37023-7.

Abstract

Drawing on lessons learned from the implementation of the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), the authors propose principles for the design and implementation of a hospital payment system based on paying for outcomes.

MeSH terms

  • Cost Control / standards
  • Health Care Reform / economics
  • Health Care Reform / standards
  • Health Services Accessibility / economics
  • Health Services Accessibility / standards
  • Humans
  • Medicare / economics
  • Medicare / standards*
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care / economics
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care / standards
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / economics
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / standards
  • Patient Readmission / economics
  • Patient Readmission / standards
  • Prospective Payment System / economics
  • Prospective Payment System / standards*
  • Quality Assurance, Health Care / economics
  • Quality Assurance, Health Care / standards
  • Reimbursement, Incentive / economics
  • Reimbursement, Incentive / standards*
  • United States