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42 CFR 412.163: Process for making hospital-specific performance information under the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program available to the public.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 42—Public Health
- CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
- SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM
- PART 412—PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEMS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES
- Subpart I—Adjustments to the Base Operating DRG Payment Amounts Under the Prospective Payment Systems for Inpatient Operating Costs
(a) CMS will make information available to the public regarding the performance of each hospital under the Hospital VBP Program.
(b) To ensure that a hospital has the opportunity to review and submit corrections for the information to be made public under this section, CMS will provide each hospital with confidential hospital-specific reports and discharge level information used in the calculation of its performance with respect to each measure, condition, and domain, and the calculation of its Total Performance Score.
(c) Hospitals will have a period of 30 days after CMS provides the information specified in paragraph (b) of this section to review and submit corrections for the information.
(d) CMS will post the information specified in paragraph (b) for each hospital on the the Hospital Compare website, which can be accessed via the Care Compare website at https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/.
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