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For the first time, Medicare patients can see how often hospitals report serious conditions that develop during an inpatient hospital stay and possibly harm patients. The important new data about the safety of care available in America's hospitals was recently added to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Hospital Compare website.
According to a new report issued by Fitch Ratings, the U.S. healthcare sector experienced an eventful but stable 2010 as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was enacted and implementation of certain provisions of the bill took effect.
An analysis by the Congressional Budget Office of the budget proposal submitted Tuesday by House Finance Committee Chairman Paul Ryan shows that it would shift more healthcare costs to seniors while requiring states to either pick up a much larger portion of Medicaid funding or significantly reduce spending.
Healthcare organizations are constantly making upgrades or replacing redundant technology, but what happens to these orphaned IT systems and the data on them? More importantly do companies even know what data is stored on these assets?
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has formalized its agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to serve as the neutral convener of multi-stakeholder groups that will provide input on selecting measures for use in federal public reporting and performance-based payment programs and has also established the Measure Applications Partnership (MAP).
Seven of 10 adults think the U.S. healthcare system needs to be fundamentally changed or completely rebuilt, according to a Commonwealth Fund survey.
Building on the outrage over proposed cuts to long-term care programs, the California Senate Committee on Health has moved along a bill which seeks to create an integrated system of long-term care, helping seniors stay in their homes and reducing healthcare costs.
BALTIMORE - For the first time, Medicare patients can see how often hospitals report serious conditions that develop during an inpatient hospital stay and possibly harm patients with important new data about the safety of care available in America's hospitals added today to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Hospital Compare website. The Hospital Compare website can be accessed at www.HealthCare.gov/compare.
Congress has approved the repeal of a provision in the Affordable Care Act that would have required small businesses, including physicians, to file an IRS 1099 form for each vendor purchase of $600 or more.
Many children covered under Medicaid and CHIP needing care coordination and access to care networks had difficulty getting the needed services according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office.