Five senators recently asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine the costs and risks associated with mismatched patient records...Read More »
With the enactment of new payment methodologies and an ongoing shift from fee for service-based payment to pay for performance in the healthcare industry, traditional inpatient CDI metrics including case mix index (CMI), length of stay, and complications/comorbidities/major complications/...
While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has led to fewer 30-day readmissions, this reduction in readmissions does not correlate with 30-day mortality...Read More »
CMS, after repeated urging from the American Hospital Association (AHA), announced last week that they will not be updating the overall hospital...Read More »
Claims-based data suggest that the incidence of sepsis is increasing and mortality rates from sepsis are decreasing, but a new study led by...Read More »
