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Department Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Request for Information (RFI) on October 7, 2022, seeking input on creation of a national provider directory for use by patients, regulators, and insurers. [read post]
12 Apr 2017, 4:55 am by Patrick A. Malone
Hospital care accounts for a third of the nation’s $3 trillion in annual spending for medical services. [read post]
2 May 2011, 3:15 pm by Steven Boutwell
Public reporting to offer consumers and payers the ability to compare costs, review treatment outcomes, assess patient satisfaction, hold providers accountable. [read post]
2 Oct 2020, 12:36 pm by Nancy Halstead and Vicki Tankle
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies have dialed in on promoting and enforcing patients’ rights to access their health information. [read post]
3 Aug 2021, 6:42 am by dev1
New Alzheimer’s Drug Could Receive National Coverage Policy, Now Under Medicare Review On July 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the opening of a National Coverage Determination (NCD) analysis. [read post]
26 Aug 2014, 6:57 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The systemic underreporting of wait times resulted from many causes, to include the lack of available staff and appointments, increased patient demand for services, and an antiquated scheduling system. [read post]
22 Aug 2023, 9:56 am by John Tingle
By John Tingle The English National Health Service (NHS) was 75 years of age on 5th July 2023 and there was a lot to celebrate. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 12:56 pm by Arthur J. Fried
”  In fact, there is currently no other industry where a service is being procured by a consumer, who has no idea what the charge will be for that service.[1] The establishment of this Office will make New York City the first city in the nation to have an office dedicated to the healthcare accountability and affordability through price transparency. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 8:40 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
  Using data from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, it has been discovered that the patient abuse rate in Texas nursing homes is nearly four times the national average. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 10:03 am
 It randomly sampled a nationally representative group of 780 Medicare patients who were discharged from hospitals in October 2008. [read post]
2 Aug 2011, 8:49 am by Harley Geiger
We appreciate the bold OCR steps took in this proposed rule to establish the transparency and accountability patients want and that technology makes possible. [read post]
28 May 2015, 1:47 pm
As part of the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), Medicare payments to hospitals are based on several accountability factors including measurable quality outcomes and a more subjective “patient satisfaction” rating. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 6:02 pm by Jason Greis
 The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a private, not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies health plans and other healthcare related organizations published on Oct. 19, 2010, its 2011 Draft Accountable Care Organizations Criteria. [read post]
11 Jun 2019, 1:00 pm
The refusal of care rule’s failure to account for patients’ wellbeing not only flies in the face of everything the Title X program stands for, it also undermines basic principles of medical ethics and informed consent. [read post]
15 Nov 2022, 5:34 am by Robert Kraft
” HHC “took the case to the nation’s highest court and posed a sweeping question: Should people who depend on initiatives that are funded in part by the federal government – such as Medicaid and programs that provide services for nutrition, housing, and disabilities – be allowed to sue states when their rights are violated? [read post]
13 Jul 2012, 8:56 am
This brings the national total of ACOs to 154, covering over 2.4 million Medicare patients. [read post]
21 Aug 2017, 12:29 pm by Senior Editor
As seen in Figure 1, nursing assistants and orderlies accounted for some of the highest rates of nonfatal injuries and illnesses resulting in lost work days. [read post]