Quality & Patient Safety
Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Pew Charitable Trusts released a study in JAMA and corresponding editorial that analyzed antibiotic use in the outpatient setting. The study found that in the U.S. in 2010-2011, there was an estimated annual antibiotic prescription鈥
The AHA today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to suspend the pain-related questions in the Value-Based Purchasing Program while the agency works to address concerns the questions may inadvertently contribute to the opioid epidemic. The three questions are part of the Hospital鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today opened registration for a May 12 webinar on its overall hospital quality 鈥渟tar ratings鈥 methodology. During the 90-minute webinar, which begins at 1 p.m. ET, presenters will explain the methodology used to generate the summary rating for鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that it will delay until at least July 2016 the release of overall hospital quality 鈥渟tar ratings鈥 on its Hospital Compare website. The ratings were originally scheduled to be released April 21.
CMS delays release of Hospital Compare Overall Star Ratings.
Two-hundred and twenty-five House lawmakers April 18 urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings in order 鈥渢o provide the necessary time to more closely examine the star rating methodology, analyze its鈥
As many as 225 members of the House of Representatives today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to delay the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings in order 鈥渢o provide the necessary time to more closely examine the star rating methodology, analyze its鈥
Appropriate use of antibiotics to prevent surgical site infections varies substantially across children鈥檚 hospitals, according to a study reported today in JAMA Pediatrics. Based on a review of administrative data from 31 freestanding children鈥檚 hospitals between 2010 and 2013, appropriate use鈥
Sixty senators today urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to delay the April 21 release of the overall hospital quality star ratings in order 鈥渢o provide the necessary time to more closely examine the star rating methodology, analyze its impact on different types of鈥