In FY 2018, 57% of hospitals earned Medicare incentive payments under the Hospital Value-based Purchasing Program. In FY 2019, that number will...Read More »
One pivotal update included in the CMS fiscal year (FY) 2019 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule is the addition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) to the list of diagnoses that count as major complicating conditions and comorbidities (MCC). Although this addition...
Harvard University researchers examined U.S. News & World’s Report’s list of the top 50 hospitals for cardiovascular care and found that, yes...Read More »
