Health care

The economic crisis in America, over the last few years, has affected everyone, especially healthcare facilities.
Healthcare cost has increased more than the rate of inflation for many years. Medicare is trying to find ways to
reduce costs. One of these ways is called Value-based purchasing (VBP). This program was authorized by the
Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act of 2010, and gives the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS) (this is the part of Medicare that sets the reimbursement rates for Medicare) the power to base a portion
of hospital reimbursement payments on how well hospitals perform on treating patients and on patient
satisfaction scores. This paper will be divided into 3 parts.