§ 412.164 Measure selection under the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program.

(a) CMS will select measures, other than measures of readmissions, for purposes of the Hospital VBP Program. The measures will be selected from the measures specified under section 1886(b)(3)(B)(viii) of the Act (the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program).

(b) CMS will post data on each measure on the Hospital Compare website, which can be accessed via the Care Compare website at https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/, for at least 1 year prior to the beginning of a performance period for the measure under the Hospital VBP Program.

(c)

(1) Updating of measure specifications. CMS uses rulemaking to make substantive updates to the specifications of measures used in the Hospital VBP Program. CMS announces technical measure specification updates through the QualityNet website (https://qualitynet.cms.gov) and listserv announcements.