Hospitals Upset NQF's Performance Sociodemographic Measures Aren't Permanent

The National Quality Forum will use a trial to test the impact of sociodemographic factors -- such as income and education -- on programs like the hospital readmissions program, but some stakeholders say that the open-ended trial leaves no clear path forward and Congress should step in. An official with America's Essential Hospitals, which represents safety net hospitals, says bills pending in the House and Senate that would require sociodemographic factors be taken into account become more important given the...