Value-Based Purchasing

CMS Provides Progress Report to Senate Finance Committee on Healthcare Reform Efforts, Highlighting Decrease in Hospital...

On February 28, 2013, the acting principal deputy administrator and director of CMS, Jonathan Blum, provided a progress report to the Senate Finance Committee on CMS’s efforts to reform the healthcare delivery system,...more

What Hospitals Should Know About Payment Changes For 2013

In response to the government’s continued focus on improving quality of care through payment policy, several changes to new and existing regulatory requirements recently came about through the 2013 Inpatient Prospective...more

Medicare Program Issues Proposed Rule for Acute and Long-Term Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Fiscal Year...

On May 11, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would, among other things, update payment policies and rates for acute care hospitals paid under the...more

The Hospital Medical Staff of the Future Webinar Series, Part III: The Jigsaw Puzzle: Credentialing and Privileging Providers in...

In this presentation: - Overview of New Alignment Initiatives - Board of Directors oversight of new Performance Standards - Review Methods for Credentialing/Privileging Providers using New...more