News “24/7/365” coverage for unscheduled patients, developing and implementing a quality
improvement plan, and reviewing their performance on key indicators, such as average …

From celebrating the 20th anniversary of hospital medicine's arrival to rapid reimbursement
reform to sought-after clarity for observation rules, the past 12 months have been eventful …

I recently participated in the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) webinar on quality and
safety, in which I was asked to address the topic of engaging physicians in performance …

No one's sure what health reform will bring. But the time for providers to get agile is
now”(Deloitte 2010). As an active participant in the national healthcare reform debate for the …

Two recently released unrelated reports serve as stark reminders of how challenging it has
been to change physician behavior in a sustained and purposeful way. This isn't to suggest …

In a qualitative study published in this issue of JAMA Health Forum, Khullar and colleagues
1 do an excellent job of providing insight into the cost burden of compliance with the US …

The final IPPS adds 13 quality measures that hospitals will be required to report on and
extends by three the conditions for which Medicare will not pay beginning Oct. 1. What it …

US health care system have led governments, payers, and health care organizations to
pursue physician accountability and quality improvement efforts aimed at producing higher …

Under pressure from the hospital lobby, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
has backed off its controversial proposals to require all Medicare-certified hospitals to …

On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the landmark bill creating
Medicare and Medicaid. In honor of the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, Donald …