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On Nov. 1, CMS released the Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule with comment period for calendar year (CY) 2013. Changes in the rule are generally effective Jan. 1 and detailed in this advisory.
CMS and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently released an interim final rule with comment period that includes revisions to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs and the 2014 Edition Electronic Health Record (EHR) Certification Criteria,…
This week, the Measure Applications Partnership released a set of more than 500 quality measures that it will review for inclusion in federal health care payment and reporting programs.
On Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center final rule for calendar year 2013.
As the U.S. population ages and the number of Americans impacted by obesity and diabetes increases, high blood pressure control is more important than ever. One in three (68 million) U.S. adults has high blood pressure and less than half of patients have it adequately controlled. With no serious…
Hospitals are on a never-ending journey of quality improvement—employing new technologies and techniques and research on what works, as well as continuously training new workers and meeting the needs of sicker patients.
Addendum B. Final OPPS Payment by HCPCS Code for CY 2013
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) commissioned Dobson DaVanzo & Associates, LLC (Dobson | DaVanzo) to conduct a series of quantitative analyses of different episode-based payment bundles.
Charles Clark, senior vice president, Behavioral Health, Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN , discusses his initiative with two local Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs)-to improve post discharge patient follow-up, and reduce 30-day readmissions of psychiatric patients.