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HHS, Premier announce initiative to improve, reward healthcare quality

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 10th, 2003

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced a demonstration project with Premier, Inc., that will use financial incentives to encourage hospitals to continuously improve the quality of their inpatient care.

The demonstration is being conducted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Premier, a nationwide alliance of not-for-profit hospitals. Hospitals that participate in the project will be eligible for increased Medicare payments for delivering high quality care as well as identifying new ways to continuously improve the care provided patients, focused on specific clinical conditions.

"At Premier, we have...

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2003-08-10)

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