Hospital-level, risk-standardized payment associated with a 30-day episode-of-care for heart failure (HF)

This measure estimates hospital-level, risk-standardized payment for a HF episode of care starting with inpatient admission to a short term acute-care facility and extending 30 days post-admission for Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patients who are 65 years of age or older with a principal discharge diagnosis of HF.