WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, after a thorough review of nine core measure sets, the Core Quality Measures Collaborative (CQMC) announced updates to five sets. The updates include both the ...
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Core Quality Measures Collaborative (CQMC) announced updates to eight of its core measure sets. The CQMC also updated the implementation guidance that accompanies the ...
The highest scorer in the nation in CMS’ Core Measures process-of-care program in 2009 was 235-bed Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Ala., an affiliate of Community Health Systems, which operates 122 ...
Hospitals accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) have been shown to perform better in the heart attack core measures established by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as ...
Every day, physicians encounter patients in their practices who show the toll of skipping meals to feed their children, or who cannot refrigerate their insulin because they have no electricity. They ...
CMS recently issued final rules for its value-based purchasing program for hospitals. Beginning in fiscal year 2013, which starts on Oct. 1, 2012, CMS will offer hospitals an incentive payment for ...
On Nov. 21, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS or Agency) released the calendar year (CY) 2026 Hospital Outpatient ...