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 new CMS initiative dubbed CRUSH aims at cracking down on potentially fraudulent orders for molecular diagnostic tests and ...
CMS will provide up to $30 million of funding and technical assistance to clinicians, patients and other stakeholders to support the development of quality measures over three years, Kate Goodrich, MD ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wants industry help in digitizing clinical quality measures so healthcare providers can send them to CMS directly from their electronic health record ...
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, or MACRA, is coming soon, and with it CMS's Quality Payment Program, which requires providers who bill Medicare more than $30,000 a year to report ...
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 ...
CMS’ new safety measures are a welcome addition for Peter Silver, MD, senior vice president, chief quality officer and associate chief medical officer of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has adopted an age-friendly quality hospital measure in its most recent final rule addressing prospective payment systems, policy changes, and ...
On April 26, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) strengthened its enforcement of the hospital price transparency rule by implementing three new enforcement measures. These include: ...
In 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the CMS National Quality Strategy to promote the highest-quality outcomes and safest care for all individuals across all ages, ...
Nursing homes will get a higher-than-expected 4.0% increase in their Medicare Part A payments in fiscal 2024, per a finalized Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rule publicized late Monday. But ...