Does value-based purchasing enhance quality of care and patient outcomes in the ICU?

Authors

• James M O'Brien, OhioHealth
• Anupam Kumar
• Mark L Metersky

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Critical care clinics

Abstract

As health care expenditures increase, payers, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, are moving away from reimbursement based on types and volume of services to an emphasis on quality of provided care, an approach called value-based purchasing (VBP). Because it is tied to reimbursement, VBP creates economic motivation to measure and improve care. VBP is proceeding without high-level evidence supporting its effectiveness in improving health care quality. Rising health care costs, however, make VBP an attractive approach for curtailing costs and emphasizing improved quality, and VBP is likely to become a more prevalent mechanism of reimbursement for providers and facilities.

First Page

91

Last Page

112

DOI

10.1016/j.ccc.2012.10.002

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Recommended Citation

O'Brien JM Jr, Kumar A, Metersky ML. Does value-based purchasing enhance quality of care and patient outcomes in the ICU? Crit Care Clin. 2013 Jan;29(1):91-112. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2012.10.002. PMID: 23182530.