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20. Impact Case Study: Hospital Quality Alliance
Text version of slide presentation from a National Advisory Council meeting.

- Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems (HCAHPS):
- More than 3,700 hospitals report scores on Hospital Compare.
- Hospitals must report HCAHPS data to get full Medicare update.
- Reports from 2008-09 show improvement.
Image: Screenshot of the Hospital Compare Web site.
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Internet Citation: 20. Impact Case Study: Hospital Quality Alliance. Content last reviewed August 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2011-04-nac/clancy/slide20.html