Quality and Safety
Patients who are exposed to a sick healthcare worker are five times more likely to get a healthcare-associated infection.
The agency is also announcing the immediate approval of both New Jersey and Utah's demonstration waivers under the new policy.
Studies show that decreasing repetitive daily laboratory testing did not result in missed diagnoses or increase the number of readmissions to the hospital.
Low early testing levels and poor access to care among disadvantaged populations is driving up the expense.
Top earner Palm Beach Accountable Care Organization saved Medicare $62 million, earning $30 million for the ACO.
Report argues hospitals must prepare protocols for dealing with ICE enforcement, ensure safe place for immigrants seeking care.
The new program aims to streamline quality measures providers are required to meet, rewarding outcomes rather than micromanaging processes.
AHA says $1.1 billion from that total goes to support violence prevention and preparedness programs.
Prosecutors said 76 people died, more than 750 sickened from tainted injections after co-owner, pharmacist ignored unsanitary conditions.
Patients who report more intense and numerous physical and psychological symptoms see longer, and often unplanned, hospital stays.