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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Tuesday published an update for the 2014 Clinical Quality Measures for hospitals eligible for the meaningful use program. At the same time, CMS also issued corresponding specifications for electronic reporting and access to related data elements and value sets.
The move to electronic health records could mean more money should be earmarked from general services budgets.
Two recent studies on nurse understaffing and nurse fatigue have revealed that these two prominent issues negatively impact the quality of care delivery, patient and employee satisfaction and operational costs in hospitals.
Insurers in Minnesota spent nearly $19 billion in medical care in 2012, up 7 percent from 2011, while the average operating margin dropped to 0.57 percent, according to a report from the Minnesota Council of Health Plans (MCHP).
Under a withering barrage of pressure from the insurance industry, seniors groups and congressional members from both sides of the aisle, CMS on Monday did an about-face and significantly raised its 2014 growth percentage estimate for the Medicare Advantage program.
A new report from Press Ganey reveals the value of capturing every patient's voice in order to focus efforts on enhancing the quality and safety of care.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has tentatively given an OK for regulators in Maine, South Dakota and Virginia to certify and oversee qualified health plans (QHPs) that will be sold in the federally-facilitated exchanges in those states.
As voices calling for more patient engagement in healthcare grow louder, a new study reveals that patients with very low activation levels are significantly associated with higher healthcare costs in the here and now and in the future.
As hospitals continue to struggle with operational costs, some are now looking to clamp down on food waste to stem the tide. Providers are addressing the issue with a combination of electronic tracking, composting and forecasting.
Participation in a national hospital project has shown one small Maine hospital the importance of business intelligence tools as it adapts to a value-based business model.