Paying For Hospital Quality
The government takes performance into account when paying hospitals, one of the biggest changes in Medicare鈥檚 50-year-history. 吃瓜不打烊 is tracking the major incentive programs created by the federal health law:
- Readmissions: Penalties for hospitals that readmit too many people within 30 days
- Hospital-acquired conditions (HAC): Penalties for hospitals with excess numbers of patient injuries
Downloadable data sets for hospitals throughout the country and links to Jordan Rau’s stories:
(Archive)
2023: Story | Data By Hospital (.csv)
2022: Story | Data By Hospital (.csv)
2021: Story | Data By Hospital (.csv)
2020: Story | Data By Hospital (.csv)
2019: Story | Data By Hospital (.csv) | Data By State (.csv)
2018: | Data By Hospital (.csv) | Data By State (.csv)
2017: | Data By Hospital (.csv)
2016: | Data By Hospital (.csv) | Data By State (.csv)
2015: | Data By Hospital (.csv)
(Archive)
2023: Data Spreadsheet (.csv)
2022: Story | Data Spreadsheet (.csv)
2021: Story | Data Spreadsheet (.csv)
2020: Story | Data Spreadsheet (.csv)
2019: Story | Data Spreadsheet (.csv)
2018: Story | Data Table
2017: | | Data Spreadsheet (.xls)
2016: | | Data Spreadsheet (.xls)
2015: | | Data Spreadsheet (.csv)