HCAHPS Series: Value-Based Purchasing

Course overview

With the passage of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, the healthcare system underwent a transformation from the pay-for-service to pay-for-performance model. The ACA established the hospital value-based purchasing program, or simply VBP. The VBP is an initiative from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reward acute-care hospitals with incentive payments to create better clinical outcomes and lower cost for the care they provide to Medicare beneficiaries. This module discusses the VBP program and provides historical context of healthcare reform initiatives.