Fairness in Value-Based Purchasing?

What would you tell people who are with organizations that weren’t a part of HQID, that they should be particularly aware of in terms of VBP under Medicare?
We were very transparent in everything we did under HQID; there were about 260 hospitals participating, but we were aware that our program could eventually help everyone. Also, everyone has [the shift towards outcomes-based reimbursement] seen this coming. And if the healthcare reform bill hadn’t passed last year, this would have passed. And probably some other payment reforms would have passed.

This is the way that healthcare reimbursement is going, clearly?
Absolutely. And there’s one expression used by almost every member of Congress, Republican or Democrat, it’s that we need to move from paying for volume to paying for value—it’s almost become a truism.