Quality & Regulatory

Roughly two weeks after CMS suspended $10.4 billion in...Read More »

The ECRI has announced that it will take over...Read More »

By Brian Murphy

Recently, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) came...Read More »

by James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP, CCDS
Many hospitals find that their patient safety indicator (PSI) ratios remain high despite...Read More »

CMS had a 71.3% improper payment rate for surgical dressings in 2017, accounting for 0.3% or $126 million of the overall Medicare FFS improper...Read More »

Last week, CMS proposed major changes to the FY 2019 Physician Fee Schedule and the Quality Payment Program, some of which could change the E/M...Read More »

CAUTIs are a well-known risk associated with urinary catheters, but a...Read More »

The American Medical Group Association has ...Read More »

CMS announced on Saturday...Read More »

by James S. Kennedy, MD, CCS, CDIP, CCDS

As I mentioned...Read More »