---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 412.163"
title: "42"
number: "412.163"
heading: "Process for making hospital-specific performance information under the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program available to the public."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/412.163"
---

# §412.163. Process for making hospital-specific performance information under the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program available to the public.

- (a) CMS will make information available to the public regarding the performance of each hospital under the Hospital VBP Program.
- (b) To ensure that a hospital has the opportunity to review and submit corrections for the information to be made public under this section, CMS will provide each hospital with confidential hospital-specific reports and discharge level information used in the calculation of its performance with respect to each measure, condition, and domain, and the calculation of its Total Performance Score.
- (c) Hospitals will have a period of 30 days after CMS provides the information specified in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section to review and submit corrections for the information.
- (d) CMS will post the information specified in [paragraph (b)](#b) for each hospital on the the Hospital Compare website, which can be accessed via the Care Compare website at https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 12741, Mar. 29, 1985, as amended at 86 FR 45520, Aug. 13, 2021]

### 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

[50 FR 12741, Mar. 29, 1985, as amended at 86 FR 45520, Aug. 13, 2021]