Quality data is critical to informing public health actions. | The time has come for CMS to implement performance measures—or quantitative metrics—for public health and clinical data exchange, writes ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a revised memo Wednesday to strengthen the Special Focus Facility ...
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 ...
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 CMS has proposed several key changes for 2027, to make sure Medicare "works better for the people it serves." ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Jan. 26 released proposed changes to Medicare Advantage plan capitation rates and Part D payment policies for calendar year 2027, which the agency ...
CMS has published a list of 202 measures under consideration for use in hospitals and other Medicare public reporting and payment programs. In publishing the list, CMS will be able to gain input on ...
A 2024 CMS assessment concluded that “nearly $30 billion in healthcare costs were avoided between 2016 and 2021 related to PQA adherence measures,” Shirley said in an interview with Managed Healthcare ...
Amino, a San Francisco-based startup that uses claims data to help consumers choose a doctor, announced today that it now has access to Medicare claims data and has been certified by the Centers for ...
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 ...