The following article was written by Ann O’Neill, RN, MBA/HCM, director of clinical operations for Regent Surgical Health.By now, almost everyone in the ASC industry is aware of the new CMS quality ...

As the US charts its course through the next political era, it is crucial that we boldly allocate resources and prioritize what truly impacts patients. When faced with complexity, feasibility concerns ...

Performance measurement – if done right – can be a core activity to move the health care system to higher value for the American public, while rewarding health professionals and health care ...

Between 2008 and 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invested more than $1.3 billion to develop and maintain quality measures to be used to promote healthcare quality and quality ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a physician and behavioral scientist at Duke University. Physician reimbursement increasingly depends upon measures of ...

There is a small negative correlation between physician productivity and some pediatric quality measures, according to a study in the Journal for Healthcare Quality. Researchers studied the ...

CHICAGO -- Even though there has been high-compliance or improvement by children's hospitals regarding asthma care quality measures, improved compliance with providing a written home management plan ...