Healthcare Finance News July 10, 2020
Jeff Lagasse

Neither safety net nor non-safety net hospitals showed improvements in the four infections analyzed, including after VBC was implemented.

Value-based incentive programs aimed at reducing health care-associated infections did not improve infection rates in either safety net or non-safety net hospitals, found a study by researchers at Boston Medical Center in collaboration with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute.

Published in JAMA Network Open, the results also demonstrate persistent disparities in infection rates between the two hospital types, with higher rates of healthcare-associated infections in safety net hospitals.

WHAT’S THE IMPACT

In 2001, safety net hospitals were defined by the Institute of Medicine as hospitals that provide care to a large share of uninsured or Medicaid patients, regardless of their ability...

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