Congress Outlines Bipartisan Agreement for Repeal of Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Payment Formula

The bipartisan leadership of the House Ways and Means Committee, House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Senate Finance Committee have Continue reading →

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Request for Information on Accountable Care Organization Models

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a request for information for comments and ideas about accountable Continue reading →

Commonwealth Fund: Better Care at Lower Costs

This issue brief from The Commonwealth Fund uses large fonts, simpler English, and infographics to explain issues of quality improvement Continue reading →

RWJF-Health Affairs Policy Brief: Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

This Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-Health Affairs policy brief describes the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. In 2009, the Centers for Continue reading →

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Hospital Readmission Reduction Program

These are the technical specifications from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) instructing hospitals how to report readmissions Continue reading →

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: FAQs for Risk Standardized Hospital Outcome Measures

As national health care reforms continue to be implemented, there has been increased attention on patient outcomes from hospitalizations.  Beginning Continue reading →

4th National ACO Congress: Health Care Transformation is Really Hard, and Takes a Long Time

The fourth annual National Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Congress was held this week in Los Angeles, California. The inaugural conference, Continue reading →

National Quality Forum: Call for Nominations for Committee on Person- and Family-Centered Care

The National Quality Forum (NQF) is seeking nominations for a new standing committee to review and recommend healthcare quality performance Continue reading →