Quality & Patient Safety
AHA Quality Advisory: Updated Readmission and Mortality Rate Data on Hospital Compare
On April 29, the CMS released a final regulation for the new hospital value-based purchasing \(VBP\) program. The final rule, which affects inpatient prospective payment system \(PPS\) hospitals was published in the May 6 Federal Register. Major provisions of the rule are described in this advisory…
Next Monday marks the beginning of National Patient Safety Awareness Week. This is a good opportunity for you to inform your patients and their families, consumers and the community about the work you and your employees do every day to improve care,
The purpose of this guide is to provide hospitals with a resource to help reduce inappropriate variation within their own organizations and in conjunction with care partners.
Why Is Focusing On Preventable Mortality Important?
Hospital leaders work hard every day to provide high quality care to the patients that they treat. They do this with the goal of providing care that is free of injury and harm.
In mid-September, information on hospital-acquired conditions \(HACs\) will be publicly available for the first time on Hospital Compare \(www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov\).
On June 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year \(CY\) 2011.
The federal health reform legislation includes several demonstration projects that will be held in the coming years to test new models for care delivery and payment.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration \(OSHA\) recently issued a Request for Information \(RFI\) on occupational exposure to infectious diseases in health care settings.
The U.S. Census Bureau is required to count the nation's population every 10 years. In February, Census Bureau workers will contact health care facilities to ensure that some people living in certain hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and inpatient hospice facilities are accounted for…