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Healthcare News from Capitol Hill and the Department of Health and Human Services - January 24, 2011
24 Jan 2011, 2:01 am
CMS ISSUES PROPOSED RULE FOR VALUE-BASED PURCHASING:On January 7, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to establish a value-based purchasing (VBP) program to reward hospitals for providing safe, high-quality care. [read post]
5 Nov 2007, 8:58 pm
The Need for Transparent Pricing and Quality Information in Health Care: The Creation of an SEC for Health Care, 10 J. [read post]
22 Jan 2012, 8:30 am
However, the direct effect to a senior (due to evacuations, loss of care and home) is detrimental on their quality of life. [read post]
25 Apr 2023, 6:05 am
This article highlights an aspect of the problem that arose at a recent military commission hearing: the closely tied roles of trauma and culture, and the astonishing hypocrisy with which Guantanamo’s medical care system approaches them. [read post]
27 Jun 2007, 4:18 pm
The Federal Trade Commission issued a staff report Wednesday on Net Neutrality, coming firmly down in the wait-and-see-if-ISPs-begin-acting-badly camp, cautioning lawmakers to be careful about creating rules that interfere with competition. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 7:40 am
Unfortunately, it just keeps getting worse:"[A]fter the revelations of the cover-up over deaths from negligence at Morecambe Bay hospitals, we learned just what happened to Kay Sheldon, a non-executive director at the CQC [Care Quality Commission], when she tried to bring to light failings at the regulator which were putting patients’ lives at risk." [read post]
18 Mar 2013, 2:25 pm
This from Jeremy Miller, ECGI Director of CommunicationsOn 12 December 2012, the European Commission published the Action Plan which outlined the initiatives that the Commission intends to take in order to modernise the company law and corporate governance framework. [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 4:05 pm
The meeting is one of several steps ACOEM and IAIABC are undertaking together to raise awareness of issues in worker’s compensation that are diminishing the quality of medical care for injured and ill workers and negatively impacting employers. [read post]
29 Mar 2020, 11:14 pm
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a circular to intermediaries reminding licensed and registered persons to take extra care to comply with their Code of Conduct[1] obligations to ensure that they are acting in their clients’ best interests given the potential impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on market volatility and liquidity, as well as credit quality, with a view to ensuring the fair and orderly functioning of Hong Kong markets. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 10:11 am
Part of the problem is that Medicare's fee-for-service payment systems reward more care -- and more complex care -- without regard to the quality or value of that care. [read post]
9 Apr 2010, 5:00 am
While the governing body is ultimately responsible for the quality and safety of care at the hospital, the governing body, medical staff, and administration collaborate to provide safe, quality care. [read post]
4 Jun 2008, 7:00 pm
In the Seattle Post-Intelligencer article, reporter Carol Smith, describes the saga of this Pediatrician who mentored troubled boys and ended up relinquishing his medical license after the State's Medical Quality Assurance Commission cited him for misconduct in his relationships with patients in August 2005. [read post]
8 Feb 2023, 10:04 am
” The Statement specified the requirements to demonstrate “substantial financial risk,” noting that such risk sharing “provides incentives for the physicians to cooperate in controlling costs and improving quality by managing the provision of services by network physicians. [read post]
4 Jun 2007, 5:56 am
They have all failed, resulting only in higher costs and lower quality patient care. [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 9:45 am
Wake Forest Baptist also holds the Gold Seal of Approval™ from the Joint Commission, the nation’s esteemed standards-setting and accrediting body for health care quality. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 7:49 pm
It also plans to work with a contractor to assess the feasibility of risk-adjusted quality measurements, and expressed interest in working with LTACH chains and industry groups that collect and analyze proprietary quality data for purposes of improving both patient care and Medicare payment policy. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 7:49 pm
It also plans to work with a contractor to assess the feasibility of risk-adjusted quality measurements, and expressed interest in working with LTACH chains and industry groups that collect and analyze proprietary quality data for purposes of improving both patient care and Medicare payment policy. [read post]
6 Mar 2012, 11:16 am
Absence of peer accountability, quality improvement infrastructures. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 2:31 pm
The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission recently issued their final "Statement of Antitrust Enforcement Policy Regarding Accountable Care Organizations Participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program" pursuant to the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [read post]
1 Jul 2009, 3:50 am
At the same time, use of medical imaging has grown in certain areas of the country, without a clear benefit in terms of the quality of care. [read post]
