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Four Ways Health Reform Can Improve Patient Medication AdherencePatients who do not take their medications as prescribed by their physicians are costing the American healthcare system as much as $290 billion annually in avoidable medical spending, or about 13% of total national healthcare expenditures, according to a new report from the nonprofit New England Healthcare Institute in Cambridge, MA. [ Read More]
Medicare Distributes $12 Million in Bonuses for Hospital QualityThe 230 hospitals participating in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Premier healthcare alliance Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration value based purchasing project raised their overall quality by an average of 17.2% during the fourth year of the project on delivery of 30 selected quality measures. As a result, they will now share $12 million in bonuses, according to data released by CMS. [ Read More]
Physician Groups Earn Over $25 Million for Quality ImprovementsAll 10 of the physician groups participating in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Physician Group Practice Demonstration achieved benchmark performance on at least 28 of the 32 measures reported in the third year of the pilot demonstration. As a result of their efforts to reduce the growth rate in Medicare expenditures, five of those physician groups are receiving performance payments totaling $25.3 million as part of their share of $32.3 million of savings generated for the Medicare Trust Funds for the year. [ Read More]
CMS Plans National Quality Indicator Survey ImplementationEleven states are currently at various points in implementation of the Quality Indicator Survey, a highly-structured two stage survey that changes the process by which nursing facilities are surveyed. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that the rollout will continue with each remaining state required to initiate training and eventually employ the QIS in full. [ Read More]
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| Get ready for the failure of the HIT stimulus dream, episode of care contracting, the end of easy credit, and a public plan. [Read More] |
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Making Wellness Work
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Wellness and weight loss programs aren't major revenue generators, but healthcare reformers know they cannot effectively control costs without focusing more on prevention. [Read More] |
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Leaders Forum
Web-Based Analytics Improving Medical Practice Strategic Planning: Stone Medical Clinic had much to be proud of?a long history of excellent patient care, well trained physicians, and a growing roster of new patients. What it lacked, however, was profitability comparable to similar-sized practices. What it needed was the ability to review many disparate pieces of patient information related to the business side of the practice, from verifying coverage to collecting co-payments. [Read More]
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Thomas Wright, president and CEO of Delnor Hospital, talks about some of the tactics his organization uses to help physicians understand and deliver excellent patient experiences. [Listen Now]
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