Plan for Value-Based Purchasing Program Underway
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
On Dec. 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held a public listening session to discuss the development of a plan to transition to a Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) program for physician and other professional services. CMS’s internal PVBP Workgroup released an issues paper outlining the agenda prior to the event.
Design issues discussed during the event and up for public comment until Dec. 16 included overarching questions, measures, incentive structure, data strategy and infrastructure, and public reporting — everything the PVBP Workgroup is charged with as they develop the VBP Plan. Read more »