QualityNet announced the beginning of CMS' dry run for an acute myocardial infarction payment measure.
The claims-based payment measure includes Medicare risk-standardized payments made within 30 days of an AMI hospital admission. "The overarching goal of the measure is to calculate payments that reflect differences in the care provided for patients with AMI," according to QualityNet.
In the final rule for the fiscal year 2014 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System, CMS outlined plans to add this AMI payment measure to the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program beginning in fiscal year 2016.
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