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On April 11, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent Congress a plan for reforming Medicare's hospital wage index, as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
An annual list of the top 100 hospitals in the United States.
An initial list of topics was narrowed down based on the highest potential for improvement, representing a broad range of tests and the availability of strong guidelines. Members then researched specific recommendations and evidentiary statements based on their expertise.
The group collaboratively identified and narrowed down screening or diagnostic tests commonly used in clinical situations where they are unlikely to rpvide high value or improve patient outcomes. The results were further reviewed and narrowed by clinically active ACP staff physicians before being…
The American College of Cardiology asked its standing clinical councils to recommend between three and five procedures that should not be performed or should be performed more rarely and only in specific circumstances. ACC staff took the councils� recommendations and compared them to the…
This list was created by the AAAAI executive committee. The goal is to identify items: common in primary care practice; strongly supported by evidence and literature; that would lead to significant health benefits; reduce risk and harm; and reduce risk.
This list features five recommendations for family medicine. The goal is to identify items: common in primary care practice; strongly supported by evidence and literature; that would lead to significant health benefits; reduce risk and harm; and reduce risk.
This Regulatory Advisory examines CMS's March 7 proposed rule defining Stage 2 of "meaningful use" of electronic health records (EHRs) and the proposed rule from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology that sets certification criteria, standards and implementation…
On February 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule implementing a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that requires a health care provider or supplier that received an overpayment from the Medicare program to report and return the…
The 2011 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. The awards will be presented on April 5, 2012 during a luncheon at the 2012 NQF Annual Conference and Membership meeting in Washington, DC.