Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
RSSArticles
-
Bundled payment initiative means eliminating silos, standardizing care
The bundled payment arrangement at Abington-Jefferson Health in Pennsylvania has improved communication between all members of the treatment team and eliminated silos between the inpatient and outpatient sides of the hospital.
-
Adequate CM staff is vital as reimbursement models change
Case managers can’t do what is necessary to help their hospital succeed under the new global payment models if they are busy juggling care coordination for 25 or 30 patients.
-
New payment models require a shift in thinking
Under the DRG payment system, case managers have been pressured to get patients out of the hospital as quickly and safely as possible, but that’s not the case in bundled payment arrangements.
-
Communicating with patients encouraged
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has launched an initiative with the Ad Council to encourage clinicians and patients to engage in effective two-way communication to ensure safer care and better health outcomes. -
Education, follow-up reduce readmissions
A pilot project providing coaching and follow up for heart failure (HF) patients who are readmitted frequently resulted in a 50% drop in the readmission rate at Indiana University (IU) Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie, IN. -
Wellness a winner for hospitals, HCWs
Almost six years ago, OhioHealth in Columbus began to face up to a problem: Many employees at the multi-hospital system in central Ohio were unhealthy. They were smokers, overweight, physically inactive, stressed out. -
A look at the top 10 hazardous industries
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, these industries had the highest rates of work-related injury and illness in the United States in 2010: -
New spotless spotlight shines on EVS workers
Cleaning patient's rooms may not seem like the most important job in the hospital. But environmental service workers save lives in their own way by preventing the spread of infections. A new spotlight on their role may boost the resources, communication and training focused on this group of workers. -
Stymied OSHA is politically incorrect in campaign season
Growing anti-regulatory pressure and presidential politics bring new hurdles for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which was already known for its snail-like pace of rulemaking. The agency has delayed the release of several key regulations, and observers expect little to emerge in the midst of an election year. -
CA law calls for hospital lift teams
Lift teams are now the law in California. After seven years and five vetoes, a safe patient handling bill was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown that requires hospitals to have "trained lift teams or other support staff trained in safe lifting techniques."