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 ...

Medicare Advantage outperformed traditional Medicare on clinical quality measures before and during the COVID-19 pandemic; mid-pandemic, however, traditional Medicare narrowed the gap on some ...

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, ...

Spring is in the air! We all welcome the annual change in seasons, which also comes with a rush to review, digest and comment on multiple proposed rules. April 2022, however, also brings us a renewed ...

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 ...

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 ...

CMS’ new ACCESS model, slated to begin on July 1, aims to shift traditional Medicare fee-for-service toward value-based care ...

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 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week doled out five-star ratings for overall quality to more than 400 hospitals nationwide, and eight New York hospitals made the cut. The state’s ...

Hospital and health system CFOs check numerous metrics on a daily basis and, as reimbursement becomes more closely linked to health outcomes, finance chiefs are examining quality metrics as a part of ...