Articles Tagged With:
-
Government Moving to More Risk Arrangements Based on Quality
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation wants 100% of providers in upside/downside by 2025 and is using the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model, primary care models, and (increasingly) more mandatory models to get there.
-
Moving From Hospital Quality Improvement to C-Suite: How It Happens
A quality professional in Kansas has made the transition successfully, noting her background in quality, safety, and compliance will serve her well in the new position.
-
Stroke Care Lessons Learned From Award-Winning Hospitals
The hospitals focused on nationally recognized guidelines and the latest scientific research to improve stroke care.
-
Cameras Help Monitor Compliance, Reduce Patient Falls
A health system based in Florida has found using cameras can improve compliance with quality and safety efforts, especially when the camera includes a speaker for communicating with people.
-
Hospital Improves Acute Care for Elders With Dedicated Unit
A Massachusetts-based health system is reporting positive results from an initiative designed to improve care for geriatric patients and increase the use of advance care planning.
-
Governance by Experts, Aligned Goals Critical to Successful Quality Improvement
Never forget the fundamental elements of a successful quality improvement program, experts say, even as your attention may be drawn away by complex data analysis.
-
Registrars Need Solid Answers to Questions About Expensive Bills
Staff play the role of educator, advisor, collector, and a sympathetic ear.
-
Get It Right the First Time: Wrong CPT Code Means Denied Claim
Receiving payment for patient services rendered has everything to do with the entering the right Current Procedural Terminology codes. For patient access, it all starts with collecting accurate information from the beginning.
-
Tales of Good News: Patients Arrive as Self-Pay, Leave With Coverage
Establishing access to Medicaid or re-starting coverage that has lapsed is a lifeline for many sick patients.
-
Once It Arrives, Quick Action on Registration Feedback Is Critical
Wait times probably are the most common complaint about registration. The issue seems simple at first — somebody waited longer than he or she wanted to. However, there often is more to it.