DEFINITION of 'Oil Refinery' An industrial plant that refines crude oil into petroleum products such as diesel, gasoline and heating oils. Oil refineries essentially serve as the second stage in the production process following the actual extraction by oil rigs.
Value-Based Purchasing. Starting in October 2012, Medicare began rewarding hospitals that provide high-quality. care for their patients through the new Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program. Hospitals paid under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) are paid for inpatient. acute care services based on quality of careânot the volume of services they provide.
Hospital VBP rewards acute care hospitals with incentive payments for the quality of care they give to people, not just the quantity of services they provide. Congress authorized the Inpatient Hospital VBP in Section 3001(a) of the Affordable Care Act.