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Health plan quality improves, while federal payers lag

October 3, 2008 — 2:36pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Over the last nine years, the quality of care delivered to patients enrolled in health plans submitting data to the National Committee for Quality Assurance has continued to improve, though federal... Read more...

11 more communities tapped by HHS collaborate to share quality, price info

September 5, 2008 — 9:53am ET | By Anne Zieger
Joining 14 communities already participating in the program, 11 new communities have been named by HHS as Chartered Value Exchanges, collaboratives focused on improving care quality, and sharing... Read more...

Study: Majority of patients want EMRs

August 8, 2008 — 10:44am ET | By Anne Zieger
A new study from the Commonwealth Fund suggests that the majority of patients would like to see doctors move to electronic medical records, with many suggesting that EMRs would help to improve care... Read more...

CMS will pay more than $36M in quality reporting

July 16, 2008 — 1:36pm ET | By Anne Zieger
CMS has announce that it will pay out more than $36 million in incentives money to providers who reported data on quality of care delivered between July 2007 and December 2007 as part of its... Read more...

FL will post preventable readmissions on website

June 30, 2008 — 11:05pm ET | By Anne Zieger
In their own unusual take on transparency, Florida officials have decided to post data on potentially preventable hospital readmissions on the Web. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration... Read more...

Joint Commission delays medical-staff standard

June 3, 2008 — 6:59am ET
The Joint Commission has decided to push back the date for hospitals to implement a new medical-staff standard, MS.1.20, pending further review. Hospital executives previously had expressed concern... Read more...

Consumers Union plans to rate hospitals

May 29, 2008 — 6:59am ET
The venerable organization behind the popular Consumer Reports magazine has announced that it's getting into the hospital ratings act. The publisher, Consumers Union, already offers assessments of... Read more...

Study: Medicare quality perceptions similar despite spending

May 28, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Despite regional variations in spending, Medicare beneficiaries perceived themselves as receiving a similar quality of care, according to a new study. Researchers looking at per capita Medicare... Read more...

PA governor backs program for chronically ill

May 19, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell hopes to cut back on the amount of money spent on chronically ill patients while increasing the quality of care. In a speech to the Pennsylvania Homecare Association in... Read more...

Hospital collective works to reduce birth injuries

May 15, 2008 — 6:59am ET
A group of 16 hospitals has come together to create seamless processes to avoid birth injuries to infants in risky situations. Right now, about three infants of every 1,000 are injured during birth,... Read more...
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