A massive quality industrial complex has led to hundreds of measures that are primarily process-focused rather than patient-outcome based.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is increasing scrutiny and oversight over the country's poorest-performing nursing facilities. CMS is toughening requirements for completion to the ...

For quite some time I have been an advocate of reforming the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) program. It’s an oxymoron to have a quality improvement program that turns out to be poor quality.

CMS will hold a live encore presentation of last week’s webinar on its new contracts with Quality Improvement Organizations, on July 29 at 2 p.m., EST, according to an AHA News Now report. CMS ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be collecting new data on nursing homes’ “readiness” to access, share and use electronic data — a precursor for a new pilot that could include skilled ...

The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) survey is a vital tool for measuring home health patient ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Funding awarded from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will allow Purdue Healthcare Advisors (PHA) at Purdue University to assist approximately 6,000 Indiana ...

Medicare is quietly weighing a policy shift that could upend the lives of millions of Americans who depend on ostomy and urological supplies to survive. In November, regulators will decide whether to ...

CMS issued a request for proposals for Hospital Improvement and Innovation Networks initiative Wednesday. HIINs will be tasked with helping reduce overall patient harm by 20 percent and readmissions ...

The Medicare Advantage quality bonus program, established by the Affordable Care Act as part of a package of MA reforms, was expected to reduce payments to MA organizations. But according to a new ...