Improving patient experience and satisfaction topped the list of healthcare leadership priorities, according to a new survey by HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Unit. The survey garnered more than 800 respondents, 54% of...Read More »
Across the country, 106 new Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) began operation this month, according to a CMS Blog post by Jonathan Blum, CMS Acting Principal Deputy Administrator and...Read More »
New York City’s Health and Hospitals Corporation represents the nation’s largest public health system, with more than a million ER visits a year,...Read More »
Nearly 200 people lost their lives. More than 300,000 either lost their homes completely or suffered significant damage. In the floods that came with Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey ACDIS Chapter leader Deborah Gardner-Brown lost the first floor of her home to significant water damage.
A November report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calls on CMS to provide better oversight of its key audit contractors specifically related to Medicaid. The report called the National Medicaid Audit Program (NMAP) “inefficient...Read More »
The fight over medical necessity continued last week as the American Hospital Association and its four co-plaintiffs asks courts to “expedite” a lawsuit against U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for unfair Medicare practices pertaining to the Recovery Auditor program.
During its November House of Delegates meeting in Honolulu, members of the American Medical Association (AMA) again vocalized its opposition to ICD-10 implementation, according to a preliminary report of its 2012...Read More »
When CMS stopped paying for healthcare-associated infections such as catheter-associated blood stream infection and urinary tract infections, the agency expected rates for such infections to decline. In fact a recent study “found no evidence that the 2008 CMS policy had any measurable effect on...Read More »
