---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 412.161"
title: "42"
number: "412.161"
heading: "Applicability of the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/412.161"
---

# §412.161. Applicability of the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program.


The Hospital VBP Program applies to hospitals, as that term is defined in [§ 412.160](/cfr/42/412.160.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[79 FR 50355, Aug. 22, 2014]

### Source

Source: 77 FR 53674, Aug. 31, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 12741, Mar. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[79 FR 50355, Aug. 22, 2014]