The highest scorer in the nation in CMS’ Core Measures process-of-care program in 2009 was 235-bed Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Ala., an affiliate of Community Health Systems, which operates 122 ...
In late January, the coordinating committee of the Measure Applications Partnership—a public-private partnership of the National Quality Forum (NQF) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued its recommended core set of health home quality measures to states, according to an AHA News Now report. The measures apply to ...
Nearly two years after federal audits of schizophrenia diagnoses began, most skilled nursing targets are still being accused ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in tandem with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, issued a request for information this week – wanting to hear from providers and ...
Feds broaden nursing home quality campaign with new discharge, satisfaction and vaccination measures
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 ...
CMS recently issued final rules for its value-based purchasing program for hospitals. Beginning in fiscal year 2013, which starts on Oct. 1, 2012, CMS will offer hospitals an incentive payment for ...
Calls for parsimony and alignment in health care quality measurement necessitate frequent reevaluation of priority measures, to allow focus on measures that represent a meaningful opportunity to ...
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