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Hospitals can preview star ratings, other quality data through December
Inpatient and outpatient prospective payment system hospitals, inpatient psychiatric facilities and PPS-exempt cancer hospitals can preview their data for the February update to Hospital Compare through Dec. 30 at the QualityNet Secure Portal.
CMS posts final Hospital VBP Program adjustment factors for FY 2019
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today posted the final incentive payment adjustment factors for the fiscal year 2019 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, which are being used to adjust base operating Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Group payments to eligible hospitals for discharges this year.
How Rural Hospitals Will Fare in Health Care Revolution
All of health care is undergoing rapid transformation as organizations accelerate innovation efforts, explore partnership opportunities and other options for improving care delivery and cost reduction. But rural providers may face special challenges due to limited resources and — surprisingly — may also have some advantages in this rapidly changing environment, according to Michael Rogers, a practical futurist and speaker.
Alaska hospitals remain open during quake, escape major damage
All Alaska hospitals remained opened during Friday’s earthquake and damage was minimal, according to the Alaska State Hospital & Nursing Home Association.
AHA holds forum on addressing disruption through innovation and value
The AHA today in Chicago hosted the latest in a series of regional forums at which hospital and health system leaders shared strategies for innovating to enhance value and address new entrants to the health care field.
CVS-Aetna Complete Merger, Start Work on Integrating Data
It took nearly a year to complete the transaction, but CVS Health has closed on its acquisition of Aetna, creating what many analysts believe will be a transformational force in health care.
Amazon Software Sifts Medical Records for Data to Improve Care, Cut Costs
Amazon has introduced a new cloud-based software service that reportedly will sift through patient medical records in seconds searching for actionable intelligence to provide hospitals and physicians with clinical decision support and coding while reducing costs. Amazon Comprehend Medical can identify health information such as medical conditions and medications and determines their relationship to each other (for example, medication dosage and strength).
Agencies recommend actions to promote health care competition
The departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor today released a report to the president identifying actions that states or the federal government could take to promote choice and competition in the health care market, as requested by the president in an executive order last October
How hospitals are promoting health by getting at its social determinants
Providence Alaska Medical Center, Alaska Regional Hospital and Alaska Native Medical Center teamed up with Catholic Social Services to lend a hand to patients without homes, and Langhorne, Pa.-based St. Mary Medical Center uses a multifaceted approach to embed access to healthy, fresh food in its community
AHA radio ads promote open enrollment in five states
AHA-sponsored radio ads running in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and Virginia encourage uninsured listeners to sign up for health coverage through the exchanges during open enrollment, which ends Dec. 15.