2021
How Total Performance Scores of Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program Hospitals Change Over Time
Ramirez A, Marsh K, McMurry T, Turrentine F, Tracci M, Jones R. How Total Performance Scores of Medicare Value-Based Purchasing Program Hospitals Change Over Time. Journal For Healthcare Quality 2021, 44: 78-87. PMID: 34469925, DOI: 10.1097/jhq.0000000000000321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician-owned surgical hospitalsTotal performance scoreAccountable care organizationsValue-based purchasingHospital typeCenters for MedicareMedicare Value-Based PurchasingGeneral HospitalPerformance scoresPerformance-based financial incentivesSurgical hospitalsDisproportionate share hospital paymentsLongitudinal linear mixed-effects modelsCase mix indexIndividual domain scoresCare organizationsMedicare daysLinear mixed-effects modelsHospital changesInpatient daysPatient dischargeDomain scoresHospital paymentsPatient satisfactionKaiser hospitals
2018
Observations on the Medicare Value-Based Ranking of Hospitals During Fiscal Years 2015 and 2016
Jones R, Ramirez A, Stukenborg G, Tracci M, Turrentine F. Observations on the Medicare Value-Based Ranking of Hospitals During Fiscal Years 2015 and 2016. American Journal Of Medical Quality 2018, 34: 136-143. PMID: 30043617, DOI: 10.1177/1062860618791045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician-owned surgical hospitalsValue-Based Purchasing ProgramTotal performance scoreDomain scoresKaiser hospitalsFiscal yearMedicare's value-based purchasing programAccountable care organization hospitalsWorld Report Honor Roll hospitalsUniversity HealthSystem Consortium hospitalsRankings of hospitalsHospital typeConsortium hospitalsHospital groupMultilevel random coefficient modelingSurgical hospitalsOrganization hospitalsKaiserHospitalPerformance scoresCareMedicareUS NewsPurchase programsScores