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Hospital Overcomes Us-vs.-Them with Doctors
After serving as a tanker and cavalryman for almost four decades in the U.S. Army, becoming the Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe, the Seventh Army, and spending more than three years in combat, Mark Hertling, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Ret.) needed a new challenge.
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Step Toward Bundled Payments
The IPPS rule could easily be retitled “Get Ready for Bundled Payments,” says Susan Nedza, MD, MBA, senior vice president of clinical outcomes management with MPA Healthcare Solutions, a healthcare analytics consultancy in Chicago. An emergency medicine physician, Nedza previously was a regional chief medical officer at CMS and a senior executive at the American Medical Association. She says the final rule is similar to MACRA, but with a great deal more complexity.
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Final Rule Changes Quality Initiatives, and More
The Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule for the 2017 fiscal year comes with some noteworthy elements, including requirements for new data collection, changes to several quality initiatives, and a change to the Two-Midnight rule.
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Meaningful Use Experience Can Help
One component of the MACRA addresses performance on the use of electronic health records, similar to the Meaningful Use program. An organization’s experience with Meaningful Use could be valuable under MACRA, says Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD, assistant professor of health management and policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor.
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MACRA Coming Soon, and Many Hospitals Not Ready
The MACRA is aimed at physicians and their reimbursement, but hospitals will be affected by the implementation of this law as well. Many hospitals are not prepared for the increased data collection and quality assessments MACRA will bring, experts say.
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HHS May Change HCAHPS for Pain Care
HHS is proposing a change to the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey to address complaints that healthcare providers were penalized if they appropriately limited pain medications.
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EHRs May Not Affect Patient Safety Negatively
Recent research suggests concerns over how electronic health records may affect patient safety may be overblown.
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One-third of Patients Injured in Rehab Hospitals
Almost a third of patients in rehab hospitals suffer a medication error or some other type of preventable harm during their stay, according to a recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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AHA Analysis Says Star Ratings Inaccurate
A new analysis from the American Hospital Association concludes that there are fundamental design flaws in the CMS star ratings.
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Oregon Targets Data Overload, Develops Strategies
It’s one of the most common complaints among healthcare quality professionals: There are so many metrics and so much data to compile. How can we ever keep up?