Quality & Regulatory

During last week’s MedPAC meeting, MedPAC...Read More »

The number of malpractice claims in which the use of EHRs has contributed to patient injuries has been growing, according to...Read More »

By Candace Blankenship, BSN, RN, CCDS
The role of the CDI specialist is in constant flux. When I started out as a CDI specialist,...Read More »

Come 2021, hospitals could receive new star ratings from CMS,...Read More »

CMS proposes to extrapolate results from Medicare Advantage (MA) audits and apply an overall error rate for all plans, according to...Read More »

Hospitals may be trying to avoid readmitting patients in order to sidestep CMS penalties under Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP),...Read More »

The annual cost of hospital inpatient spending from commercially insured patients was more than $200 billion in 2018, according to...Read More »

Publicly reported hospital quality ratings frequently offer conflicting results, which may be misleading to stakeholders and patients, according...Read More »

CMS unveiled a new pilot program last week that will give clinicians direct access to Medicare beneficiaries’ claims data.Read More »

For the fourth straight year, the Mayo Clinic sits atop the...Read More »