Table 2.

Complete list of measures included in the HVBP as of October 2014.

Measure	Domain
Fibrinolytic therapy received within 30 minutes of hospital arrival for AMI	Process of care
Primary PCI received within 90 minutes of hospital arrival for AMI
Discharge instructions for heart failure
Blood cultures performed in the emergency department prior to initial antibiotic received in hospital for pneumonia
Initial antibiotic selection for community acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent patient
Prophylactic antibiotic received within 1 hour prior to surgical incision
Prophylactic antibiotic selection for surgical patients
Prophylactic antibiotic discontinued within 24 hours after surgery end time
Cardiac surgery patients with controlled 6 a.m. postoperative serum glucose
Urinary catheter removed on postoperative day 1 or postoperative day 2
Surgery patients on beta-blocker therapy prior to arrival who received beta-blocker during the perioperative period
Surgery patients who received appropriate venous thromboembolism prophylaxis within 24 hours prior to surgery to 24 hours after surgery
Hospital consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems survey	Patient experience
30-day AMI mortality	Outcome
30-day heart failure mortality
30-day pneumonia mortality
Composite score of patient safety for selected indicators
Central line-associated bloodstream infections
Medicare spending per beneficiary	Efficiency

AMI, acute myocardial infarction; HVBP, Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention