The all-or-nothing nature of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality audits means nursing homes could ...

CMS issued a request for proposals for Hospital Improvement and Innovation Networks initiative Wednesday. HIINs will be tasked with helping reduce overall patient harm by 20 percent and readmissions ...

Medicare initially focused on cost monitoring measures when thinking about quality assurance. However, it now aims to ensure beneficiaries receive high quality, safe, impartial, and effective ...

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CMS’ Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program was designed to pay hospitals a higher annual update to their payment rates for successfully reporting and meeting designated quality measures. In ...

As of March 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has officially repealed federal minimum staffing requirements, handing the reins of staffing enforcement to state agencies and a ...

On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Final Rule (CMS-2439-F), effective July 9, 2024, aimed at ...

Most for-profit nursing home industry administrators receive a staffing budget based on finances, not acuity or clinical need. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ final minimum staffing rule ...

The Medicare Shared Savings Program encourages hospitals and other healthcare providers to form accountable care organizations (ACOs) to deliver coordinated, high quality care to Medicare enrollees ...

Home health care is evolving as agencies adopt data-driven quality tracking, predictive modeling, and continuous improvement programs. CMS’s Quality Reporting Program and value-based purchasing models ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently published its proposed payment rules for general acute care ...