Skilled nursing facilities have an additional tool to measure their own quality improvement efforts under a new change to the quality measures rating domain. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

While most people think glycemic management is only a concern for people living with diabetes, in the inpatient setting there’s a lot more nuance: over one third of hospitalized patients experience ...

Medicare initially focused on cost monitoring measures when thinking about quality assurance. However, it now aims to ensure beneficiaries receive high quality, safe, impartial, and effective ...

CMS has issued a request for information regarding the alignment among reporting programs of clinical quality measures reported by eligible professionals. CMS is seeking information on how EPs might ...

This year, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has signaled a strong commitment to improving an often-overlooked area of inpatient care – glycemic management. For health system executives ...

The CMS star ratings began as faint points of light helping patients navigate an increasingly complex galaxy of healthcare options. But over time, those points of light became financial Novas, ...

The following article was written by Ann O’Neill, RN, MBA/HCM, director of clinical operations for Regent Surgical Health.By now, almost everyone in the ASC industry is aware of the new CMS quality ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made one thing clear when it issued its newly proposed nursing home pay rule last week: Promoting nursing home quality improvement is driving policy ...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2013, hospitals and health systems will be required to report data on 76 measures for CMS’ Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program to receive full Medicare reimbursement in 2015 ...

The Biden administration is proposing that acute care hospitals get a 3.2% increase in payments for federal fiscal 2023 and to install new quality measures focused on health equity. The Centers for ...