Quality Oversight
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Feb. 14 announced it ceased implementation of the Hospice Special Focus Program so the agency can further evaluate it.
The Food and Drug Administration is evaluating Chinese-made plastic syringes used to inject or withdraw fluids from the body, citing concern that they may not provide adequate quality and performance, including their ability to deliver the correct dose of medication when used alone or with other…
The latest revisions to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement program underscore the integral role of board members in advancing quality improvement initiatives, writes Sue Ellen Wagner, AHA’s vice president of trustee engagement and…
Find out how the Value in Health Care Act of 2023 supports rural, underserved, primary care, and specialty practices in alternative payment models.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released updated interpretive guidance for surveyors assessing whether a hospital’s Quality Assessment & Performance Improvement Program complies with Medicare requirements, emphasizing the integral role hospital leadership and…
The Food and Drug Administration today finalized a 2019 proposed rule updating requirements under the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992, which authorized FDA oversight of mammography facilities.
AHA provides feedback on the Food and Drug Administration
Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act (S.4348).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services granted certain quality reporting exceptions to Texas acute-care hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, prospective payment system-exempt cancer hospitals, inpatient psychiatric facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care…
The blanket data reporting exceptions and extensions implemented in March across Medicare quality reporting and value-based payment programs for hospitals expired July 1.
Beginning in March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will implement a streamlined survey and certification process for psychiatric hospitals, the agency announced today.