CMS’ new safety measures are a welcome addition for Peter Silver, MD, senior vice president, chief quality officer and associate chief medical officer of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health.

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America published “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System” — an investigation into the prevalence of medical errors ...

The Patient Safety Structural Measure released by CMS in the inpatient rule hard-wires patient safety as a top priority, says Leah Binder, president and CEO The Leapfrog Group.

The following article was written by Ann O’Neill, RN, MBA/HCM, director of clinical operations for Regent Surgical Health.By now, almost everyone in the ASC industry is aware of the new CMS quality ...

The Age-Friendly Hospital Rating is a new structural measure included in the CMS 2025 IPPS Final Rule. This measure is designed to assess hospitals' commitment to delivering high-quality care to ...

Archimedes theorized he could use a lever to move the earth, while Donald Trump has advised using leverage to seal deals. Medicare should use its leverage to move hospitals to provide better, safer ...

CMS published its FY 2025 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) final rule on August 1, 2024. Under this final rule, CMS is implementing several changes to its Hospital ...

The National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety officially launched in September 2024, representing a major step in the federal government’s renewed commitment to improving patient ...

The American Hospital Association has released a report finding that hospital and health system performance on key patient safety and quality measures was better in the first quarter of 2024 than it ...

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