The declining rate of some hospital-acquired conditions was not because of the penalty-driven Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program, according to a study recently published in Health Affairs.Read More »
A new report from the National Academy of Medicine says that between one-third and one-half of U.S. clinicians experience burnout, Credentialing Resource Center reported.
Emotional exhaustion, detachment, and a low sense of personal accomplishment caused by burnout can jeopardize...Read More »
More than 1,500 hospitals will receive about $1.9 billion in bonuses for fiscal 2020 the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) program, CMS reported. The results are similar to last year, with about 55% of participants receiving bonuses, Modern Healthcare reported.Read More »
Despite successful legal challenges by stakeholders, hospitals will see continued cuts to the 340B drug savings program and reductions in reimbursements for off-campus clinic visits in 2020 under the calendar year (CY) 2020 outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) final rule, ...Read More »
The CMS is working with Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation/Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) to develop a measure of acute cardiovascular-related admissions for patients with heart failure. The purpose of developing this measure is to assist in creating outcome measures...Read More »
A new study performed by researchers at Johns Hopkins found that Medicare fraud and abuse costs are much as $140 billion annually. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine, also found that this fraud and abuse is...Read More »
Earlier this month, the CMS held a call to discuss the MS-DRG CC/MCC comprehensive analysis discussed in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed and final rules. The deadline for submitting comments on this is tomorrow, Friday, November 1. ACDIS’ regulatory...Read More »
