Quality and Safety
A total of 30 rural hospitals are taking part in the budget neutral program that pays higher Medicare rates.
New proposed rule offers insurers more plan flexibility and eases regulations.
Proposed rule would update star rating methodology, save Medicare close to $200 million over 5 years.
The value-based models resulted in 6 percent fewer hospital inpatient admissions and 7 percent fewer emergency department visits.
Group wants federal government to fully fund the Medicaid programs of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, territories still reeling from major hurricanes.
CFOs view clinical standardization as the biggest opportunity to improve physician engagement, cross-continuum quality and experience while dramatically lowering costs, Advisory Board experts say.
At the AMA's interim meeting over the weekend, David Barbe, MD told group members that AMA is making progress to improve the usability of EHRs, mobile devices and interoperability.
Hospitals in California and New York make up bulk of the list.
The rise of consumerism in healthcare has put fresh weight on public ratings programs from groups like Leapfrog, Healthgrades and U.S. News.
Saint Anthony Hospital alleges Leapfrog used inaccurate information about CPOE data when it lowered the hospital's patient safety grade in a report released last week.