The HVBP program rewards hospitals with incentive payments for the quality of care they give to Medicare patients. The HVBP program was enacted through the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and began in 2012.
The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) program
Domains and measures
In 2018, there are approximately 20 measures in the HVBP program that span four different domains of hospital care quality. The list is ever expanding and will include approximately 25 measures by 2023. Let's take a look at each domain and measure here.
The clinical care domain
The clinical care...