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 methods used to compare quality between one Medicare Advantage (MA) plan and another are so seriously flawed that the system needs an overhaul, members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission ...

The quality-measurement movement began more than 20 years ago and has resulted in transparent quality-performance information, accountability, and improvements. At the same time, proliferation of ...

Top Medicare and Medicaid officials want to create a “universal foundation” of quality measures aligned across all programs in a bid to ease reporting burdens and confusion. Officials with the Centers ...

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 ...

It has been 10 years since the Triple Aim was expanded to the Quadruple Aim (QA) to include “clinician well-being in the workplace” as a core health policy goal. This change came in response to the ...

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 ...

We rate Uber drivers, restaurants, Amazon delivery, and much more, but when it comes to our own health experience, we often have little to no data. That’s especially scary because the business model ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The NLA and ASPC released a joint perspective on the importance of LDL measurement and control as a CMS quality ...