February 17, 2012
news
The Long-Term Quality Alliance released a white paper reporting the lack of quality measures in long-term care to prevent unnecessary hospital readmissions.
February 17, 2012 Jaime Todd
article
Survey excellence should be a professional goal of all healthcare workers. I suggest a three-step approach to encouraging complete staff involvement: the Focus Review, the Fast Track and the Survey Prime.
February 16, 2012 Kevin Kolus, Editor
blog
One of the more exciting aspects of covering an industry so heavily affected by government policy is to observe how provider associations and advocates aggressively lobby for change. But how often do groups actually demand it?
February 16, 2012
news
The 14 quality measures address a wide range of care concerns, including pain management, psychosocial needs, care transitions and experiences of care.
February 14, 2012
news
The CMS announcement followed a separate HHS report finding that the government had recovered nearly $4.1 billion in healthcare fraud cases during FY2011.
