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Medicare proposes new hospital value-based purchasing program.
Baltimore, MD: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Public Affairs; January 07, 2011.

This fact sheet highlights key points of a government effort to link performance on quality with select AHRQ patient safety indicators to raise Medicare reimbursement. The opportunity for submitting comments has passed.

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