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AMI 30-day mortality measures and CDI—Is your approach ischemic?

The 30-day all cause acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mortality outcome measure has been linked to hospital payments since the inception of the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program (HVBP) in fiscal year 2013. In February 2016, CMS announced that 70% of commercial payers have agreed to use this measure as one of the cardiology outcomes linked to payment.

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