Risk Management
MRSA bacteria carry high morbidity and mortality rates, making the disease a significant threat to patient safety.
NCQA uses HEDIS scores to rate plans, a performance measure used by more than 90 percent of health insurers.
In two separate moves on one day, ACO stakeholders ask CMS to keep upside-only risk model, while 29 others from Next Gen ACO Coalition want to make risk more predictable.
Led by Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine, project seeks to improve accuracy, quality of medical diagnoses to thwart patient harm.
The winning technology developer will receive $10,000 to create a digital solution to connect community health workers, payers and providers.
One emergency department has already shut down; Some hospitals are evacuating, some are taking in patients. All are bracing for the worst and not just in terms of operations.
Hospitalization rates and emergency room use can be up to three to four times higher for those without a home.
Here are some of the things hospitals should be working to put in place and resources available during storm season.
ACO MSSP generated savings of $1.84 billion from 2013 to 2015, nearly double the $954 million estimated by CMS, according to NAACOS.
Ruling throws out 2014 rule, leading to question of how CMS will determine whether it has overpaid an MA insurer.