How are we measured by others?

CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Hospital Quality Incentive Project

What is the CMS Hospital Quality Incentive Project?

This is a project designed to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care. More than 250 hospitals from across the nation are participating in this project. Participating hospitals are measured for the quality of care they give in treating certain medical conditions. The "incentive" part of this project is that top performing hospitals are rewarded with additional Medicare payment.

Visit the CMS project Web site.

What areas of health care are measured in this project?

The project will track how hospitals perform in the following areas:

Treatment following acute myocardial infarct (heart attack)
Treatment of heart failure
Treatment of community acquired pneumonia
Treatment following coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Treatment following hip & knee replacement surgery
Reducing complications following surgery (Surgical Care Improvement Project)

How does it work?

The project sets forth specific quality measures for the six areas listed above. These measures are based on what has been proven to be "best practice" across the nation. Each participating hospital regularly submits its data on each of these measures. The goal is to reach the top level of performance in all the measures.

How is Aurora doing?

Click on any Aurora hospital below to see how it compares with others across the nation, according to the CMS measures.

Due to Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh opening after the start of the CMS project, data is not available for this hospital. View data from other organizations for Oshkosh.