Harvard University researchers examined U.S. News & World’s Report’s list of the top 50 hospitals for cardiovascular care and found that, yes, indeed, they had lower 30-day mortality rates for heart attack, heart failure, and CABG, along with higher patient satisfaction ratings when compared...Read More »
U.S. News & World Report plans to stop using PSIs as a metric, no longer factoring those measures into its specialty rankings of the nation’s best hospitals.Read More »
According to recently released documents from the lawyers involved in the case (available via pacer.gov), the United States declined to intervene in the case and the allegations will likely be dismissed on January 14, 2019.Read More »
A trial court judge ruled on November 1 that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must eliminate the Medicare appeals backlog by 2022. At the time of the ruling,...Read More »
CMS hit the brakes on making imminent changes to the oft-used evaluation and management (E/M) code set that’s tied to billions of dollars in medical practice revenue.Read More »
