Join Leading Hospitals in
CMS National Surgical Quality Pilot
For the first time, hospitals across the country have the opportunity to report surgical outcomes to Hospital Compare, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website that provides quality information to health care consumers.
By joining the Pilot, hospitals will gain invaluable insight into CMS’ new direction in surgical measures and will be well positioned for the future of public reporting.
Hospitals can voluntarily, publicly report one or any combination of three surgical measures—elderly surgery outcomes, colectomy outcomes, and lower-extremity bypass outcomes—through the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®).
ACS NSQIP hospitals can join the Hospital Compare Pilot by indicating their interest to ACS by May 1, 2012. Non-NSQIP hospitals should contact ACS to learn how to join the pilot by March 1, 2012. CMS will publicly release information on Oct. 19, 2012.
Benefits of Participation
- Put your hospital ahead of the curve for the future of public reporting
- Showcase your hospital’s leadership in the pursuit of surgical quality and accountability
- Improve your quality & financial performance. Per hospital, per year, ACS NSQIP hospitals1:
- Prevent 250-500 complications
- Save an average of 12-36 lives
- Save millions of dollars in preventable complications
For questions or to indicate interest, e-mail acsnsqip@facs.org or phone Gina Pope 312-202-5607 or Tresha Russell 312-202-5441.
Online January 19, 2012