§412.161. Applicability of the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program. — Inbound Citations
42 C.F.R. § 412.161
Statutory Authority
Cited by 2 regulations in release Current.
Citations to 42 U.S.C. § 412.161 as a whole
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(b) Section 1886(o) of the Act requires the Secretary to establish a Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program for inpatient hospitals (Hospital VBP Program), which requires CMS to make value-based incentive payments to hospitals that meet performance standards for applicable performance periods, effective for discharges beginning on October 1, 2012. The rules for determining the payment adjustment under the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program are specified in §§ 412.160 through 412.167.
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As used in this section and in §§ 412.161 through 412.168: