Inpatient and outpatient prospective payment system hospitals, inpatient psychiatric facilities and PPS-exempt cancer hospitals have until Aug. 30 to preview their data for the October update to Care Compare. For hospitals participating in the inpatient quality reporting program, the October 2022 Care Compare refresh will include for the first time data on the health care personnel COVID-19 vaccination measure. The posted data will reflect hospital performance from Oct-Dec 2021. 

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 10 issued a proposed rule that would increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates by a…
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The Utah measles outbreak has increased to 583 cases, the state’s Department of Health and Human Services reported April 7. Of those, 386 cases have been…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 2 issued a proposed rule that would update hospice payment rates for fiscal year 2027. Overall, CMS…
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Cases in the Utah measles outbreak have increased to 559, the state’s Department of Health and Human Services reported March 31. The agency said 362 cases have…
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Flu and COVID-19 vaccination rates among all health care workers for the 2024-25 respiratory virus season was 76.3% and 40.2%, respectively, according to a…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 2 issued a proposed rule for the inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system for fiscal…