Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Acute Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System Final Rule (CMS-1694-F)
On August 2, 2018, CMS issued a final rule to help empower patients through better access to hospital price information, improve the use of electronic health records, and make it easier for providers to spend time with their patients.
Newsroom Fact SheetCMS Patient Safety Efforts and the AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions
In working toward a healthcare system that brings down costs and improves the quality of patient care, CMS supports multiple programs and initiatives focused on making care safer. Among them are the Quality Improvement Network - Quality Improvement Organizations, activities of the Hospital Improvement Innovation Networks, and the ESRD Network Program.
Newsroom Fact SheetCMS Drives Patient-Centered Care over Paperwork in Proposals to Modernize Medicareand Reduce Burden
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed transformative changes to the payment systems for services furnished by a range of medical facilities. The agency’s proposed payment rules also set out to continue to modernize Medicare through innovation in skilled nursing facility payment.
Newsroom Press ReleaseBetter Care, Smarter Spending, Healthier People: Improving Our Health Care Delivery System
Improving the quality and affordability of care received by Americans is, alongside increasing access to it, a core pillar of the Affordable Care Act.
Newsroom Fact SheetCMS proposes adoption of updated Life Safety Code
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced a proposed rule on the adoption of updated life safety code (LSC) that CMS would use in its ongoing work to ensure the health and safety of all patients, family and staff in every provider and supplier setting.
Newsroom Fact SheetPARTNERSHIP FOR PATIENTS INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE HOSPITAL CARE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT FUNDING WILL HELP HEALTH PROVIDERS
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CMS PROPOSES POLICY AND PAYMENT CHANGES FOR OUTPATIENT CARE IN HOSPITALS AND AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTERS
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UP TO $500 MILLION IN AFFORDABLE CARE ACT FUNDING WILL HELP HEALTH PROVIDERS IMPROVE CARE
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