Legislative Strategy

The HQC's interests in hospital value policy extends beyond the implementation of legacy performance programs. Through legislative strategies, the HQC works with lawmakers to improve hospital value through:

• Consolidate and reform existing penalty-only programs into an improved Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, offering incentives and rewards for high performance
• Improve efficiency as a unit of value by modifying the improved Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program to balance measures of quality with cost
• Advance value-based care by increasing the amount of payment tied to hospital performance
• Eliminate overlap with quality measures between separate hospital performance programs
• Provide opportunities for developing and expanding hospital-based Alternative Payment Models

Regulatory Efforts

The HQC advocates for payment policy to reward value-based care. Enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act, we engage with stakeholders and policymakers on the implementation of the following hospital performance programs:

• Hospital Value-Based Purchasing
• Hospital Readmission Reduction
• Healthcare Acquired Conditions