Quality Measures
On April 17, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its fiscal year 2020 proposed rule for the inpatient rehabilitation facility prospective payment system. Comments on the rule are due June 17. The final rule is expected around Aug. 1 and will take effect Oct. 1.
Midland Memorial Hospital – Midland, Texas
Predictive analytics creates value through nurse staffing system
Midland Memorial Hospital’s use of predictive analytics to manage the nursing workforce has resulted in higher patient experience scores, lower labor costs, less overtime and higher nurse…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended the deadline for submitting third-quarter data to the Post-Acute Care Quality Reporting Program.
Inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals have until Jan. 2 to review confidential provider reports based on quality data from second-quarter 2017 to first-quarter 2018 before updated performance is publicly reported on the IRF Compare and LTCH Compare websites in March 2019…
he National Quality Forum Measure Applications Partnership today published a list of 39 measures that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is considering adopting in Medicare public reporting and payment programs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services October 26, released a proposed rule that would make programmatic and operational changes to the Medicare Advantage and prescription drug benefit programs for contract year 2020.
On July 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its CY 2019 outpatient prospective payment system/ambulatory surgical center proposed rule. In addition to standard updates, the rule would substantially expand Medicare site-neutral payment policies in several areas and make…
Hospitals and health systems are invited to apply for the 2019 AHA Quest for Quality Prize, which recognizes extraordinary health care leadership and innovation in improving quality and advancing health in communities.
AHA comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for fiscal year 2019.
- Medicare
- Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS)
- Medicare DSH
- Electronic Health Records (EHRs) - Meaningful Use
- Health Information Technology (HIT)
- Interoperability
- Medicare Area Wage Index (AWI)
- Hospital Readmission Reduction Program
- Value-based payment
- Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program
- Electronic Clinical Quality Measures
- Quality & Patient Safety
- Quality Measures
Comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the fiscal year (FY) 2019 proposed rule for the inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPF) prospective payment system (PPS) and quality reporting updates.