The National Quality Forum (NQF) rejected an appeal of its decision to endorse the Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Management Bundle (or SEP-1) measure for treating sepsis. The NQF originally endorsed the measure in 2013 and it was first implemented by CMS in October 2015.
For the gastrointestinal condition known as ulcerative colitis, some physicians recommend using a particular drug twice a day, others, three times. But which protocol is the best way to help people with the condition to avoid surgery? Instead of launching a clinical trial, Peter Higgins, a gastroenterologist at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, examined the data.a
Federal investigators say a cyber attack on a North Dakota-based company that provides software and billing services for doctors and healthcare professionals affected more than a half-million customers.
Following a court ruling that invalidated HHS’ implementation of the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process of the No Surprises Act, CMS revised its guidance for surprise billing.
Only an estimated 1.5% of diagnoses at four pediatric intensive care units were incorrect, according to new research presented at the Critical Care Congress.
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ electronic health record system has suffered two further outages. VA and Cerner executives told lawmakers Tuesday that the EHR system went down Monday for about 127 minutes and said they were continuing to investigate the cause of a second incident that took place today.
