Hospital Public Reporting Summit: The Link Between Public Reporting and Quality Improvement.

On May 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care, and Mathematica sponsored a one-day conference on the impact of hospitals’ publicly reported quality measures on hospitals themselves. Conference goals were to explore how hospitals achieve quality improvements, leverage public reporting, and coordinate multiple stakeholders in pursuit of the shared goal of quality improvement. This report summarizes key points made by the 13 speakers and addresses several themes that cut across the conference presentations.