A new study from the Center for Evaluating Health Reform used MSQC’s data on rates of hospital-acquired conditions in 2010–18 to estimate the impact of the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP).

The study found “that the HACRP was not associated with improvements in patient safety [and] raises questions as to whether national value-based payment programs are effective in reducing hospital-acquired conditions.”

Read the full study here:

Kyle H. Sheetz, Justin B. Dimick, Michael J. Englesbe, and Andrew M. Ryan
Health Affairs 2019 38:11, 1858-1865
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05504