On January 1,the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched their new Transforming Episode Accountability Model ...

A new-look Medicare Advantage (MA) quality bonus program would better incentivize insurers and help individuals choose a more appropriate plan, a report from Urban Institute finds. Authors Robert ...

The Medicare Shared Savings Program saved over $2.1 billion in 2023, enhancing care quality through ACOs. ACOs showed significant improvements in quality measures, including diabetes control, cancer ...

Medicare’s approach to quality assurance has significantly changed over the years. Starting with cost monitoring measures, it now ensures Medicare beneficiaries receive high quality, safe, and ...

CMS’ Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program was designed to pay hospitals a higher annual update to their payment rates for successfully reporting and meeting designated quality measures. In ...

Medicare Advantage’s quality bonus program is a significant source of revenue for MA insurers, but generally doesn’t translate to higher quality care for beneficiaries, according to a new report from ...

CMS issued a request for proposals for Hospital Improvement and Innovation Networks initiative Wednesday. HIINs will be tasked with helping reduce overall patient harm by 20 percent and readmissions ...

The Medicare Advantage quality bonus program, established by the Affordable Care Act as part of a package of MA reforms, was expected to reduce payments to MA organizations. But according to a new ...

Editor’s note: Alice Brewer is the senior director of clinical affairs at PDI Healthcare. The latest list of hospitals facing federal penalties for poor quality has been released. Through hospital ...

The Maryland State Medical Society, a nonprofit membership association of physicians across the state, recently announced that the Episode Quality Improvement Program is open for enrollment. According ...

Seven Topeka nursing homes are among 43 in Kansas participating in a program to improve quality of care. The program, funded by Kansas and federal agencies, will provide staff training and implement ...

Medicare initially focused on cost monitoring measures when thinking about quality assurance. However, it now aims to ensure beneficiaries receive high quality, safe, impartial, and effective ...