Quality

Improper Medicare payments have fallen to their lowest level since 2010 due to “aggressive program integrity measures,” according to CMS. The...Read More »

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that antibiotic-resistant (AR) bacteria and fungi cause more than 2.8...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, ...Read More »

Metrics have long been the lifeblood of staff performance...Read More »

For many years now, healthcare reimbursement has been based not only on whether care was provided but on how well that care was provided and the...Read More »

According to this year’s CDI Week Industry Survey, only 10.38% of respondents (most of whom work in inpatient settings) don’t review for quality...Read More »

CMS announced a five-part strategy to combat fraud,...Read More »

New research published in the Annals of Surgery shows that high-risk general surgery patients have greater survival rates at major...Read More »

The Government Accountability Office (GAO), a government watchdog agency, said in a recent...Read More »