Tag Archives: Affordable Care Act
INS Webinar
Enhancing Accountable Care Through Improved CLABSI Outcomes, a webinar presented by the Infusion Nurses Society, is being offered April 29, 2015 from 12-1 p.m. The free webinar will focus on the Affordable Care Act and the way it’s changing the
Medicare cuts payments to 721 hospitals for HACs: 15 things to know Written by Ayla Ellison and Kelly Gooch | December 19, 2014
In fiscal 2015, 721 hospitals will have their Medicare payments reduced for being among the 25 percent of hospitals with the highest rates of hospital-acquired conditions. Here are 15 things to know about the HAC program and the hospitals receiving
Hospital-acquired conditions mean Medicare penalties for 700-plus hospitals
By Maureen McKinney | December 18, 2014 More than 700 hospitals will see their total Medicare payments docked by 1% in fiscal 2015 as part of the first year of a federal penalty program aimed at reducing preventable harm and improving patient safety.
Hospital VBP Program, Metrics, Part 3:
What quality measures will be used to evaluate hospitals for the Hospital VBP Program? Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has adopted 13 quality measures tracked in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program for the fiscal year 2013. The following table
Understanding Hospital VBP Program, Part 2:
What is the methodology behind the Hospital’s Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program? Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) will assess each hospital’s performance by comparing its achievement and improvement scores for each applicable Hospital VBP measure and awarding the higher score
Why is it so important that we prevent Infections?
When it come to the Affordable Care Act and reimbursements, we need to understand the programs and what they mean for our facilities: What is Hospital Value-Based Purchasing? The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program is a Centers for Medicare &
