Journal of the American College of Surgeons
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To better define the financial impact of high-quality care for payers and hospitals, we compared outcomes and Medicare payments between high-quality (HQ) and low-quality (LQ) hospitals after hepatopancreatic surgery. ⋯ High-quality hospitals are able to achieve substantial Medicare savings by avoiding major complications. Occurrence of major complications was associated with lower Medicare reimbursement rates at both HQ and LQ hospitals vs when no complications occurred.