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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) Nov. 1 issued a final rule that updates physician fee schedule payments for calendar year 2020.
In November 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which is now the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), released its landmark report, To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System. In anticipation of the 20th anniversary of the report’s release, media outlets will be revisiting the report and…
In part three of our series discussing Value-Based Health Care, Robert Kaplan, Mary Witkowski and Harry Wolberg from the Harvard Business School examine health care measurements and the importance of measuring patient outcomes. Health care has a plethora of measurements, but not all are…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sept. 30 published a final rule to modify the discharge planning process requirements for hospitals and certain post-acute care providers. The final rule is effective Nov. 29.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ final rule on the Medicare Conditions of Participation changes requirements that the agency identified as unnecessary, obsolete or excessively burdensome on health care providers and suppliers. The provisions take effect Nov. 29.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) yesterday released two proposed rules that would modernize and make major changes to the physician self-referral (Stark) and federal anti-kickback statute (AKS) regulations.
Properly diagnosing and treating mental health disorders through an effective integrated team approach is vital to achieving population health. In 2000, Intermountain created a Mental Health Integration (MHI) program that made mental health evaluation and services part of routine primary care.
Properly diagnosing and treating mental health disorders through an effective integrated team approach is vital to achieving population health. In 2000, Intermountain created a Mental Health Integration (MHI) program that made mental health evaluation and services part of routine primary care.
The AHA Physician Alliance strives to equip physician leaders with strategies to improve the health of clinicians and reduce administrative burden.
The AHA Physician Alliance regularly convenes senior physician executives as part of its Physician Leadership Circle for high-level conversations around issues facing physician leaders.