2015 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winner Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center (CAMC) Health System began its Baldrige journey 15 years ago, because it “had an absolute obligation
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is seeking comment on its proposed measure of 30-day, all-cause unplanned readmission following psychiatric hospitalization in an inpatient psychiat
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation will review and answer questions about the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model during a 60-minute w
About 1.6 million people have selected a health plan through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace since the start of open enrollment Nov.
The Institute for Diversity in Health Management and Health Research & Educational Trust encourage all hospitals to complete a survey about their efforts to address health care disparities and
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued a safety announcement alerting health care providers to the possibility that the coating on certain intravascular medical devices may separate and
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks comments on a draft ICD-9-CM code list for hip fracture diagnoses that it has developed in connection with its new payment
Nearly four in 10 people – 39% – know someone who has been addicted to prescription painkillers, including 25% who say it was a close friend or family member and 2% who acknowledge thei
A quarter of privately insured working-age adults say their health care is unaffordable, according to the latest Commonwealth Fund Health Care Affordability