CMS 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 SheetBetter 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 SheetAccountable Care Organization (ACO) Investment Model Fact Sheet
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to provide coordinated, high-quality care to their Medicare patients to help them deliver better care at lower cost.
Newsroom Fact SheetLower Costs, Better Care: Reforming Our Health Care Delivery System
Fixing America’s health care system doesn’t stop with guaranteeing that everyone has coverage.
Newsroom Fact SheetCMS PROPOSES TO EXPAND ACCESS TO SEASONAL INFLUENZA IMMUNIZATION
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today proposed new requirements for Medicare-certified providers that are designed to expand access to seasonal influenza vaccination.
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS ADOPTS POLICY, PAYMENT RATE CHANGES FOR SERVICES IN HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that most hospitals will receive an inflation update of 2.1 percent in their payment rates for services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in outpatient departments.
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS PROPOSES NEW PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR RENAL DIALYSIS FACILITIES
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today proposed a new prospective payment system (PPS) for facilities that provide dialysis services to Medicare beneficiaries who have end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS PROPOSES POLICY, PAYMENT RATE CHANGES FOR SERVICES IN HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS AND
Hospitals would be able to bill Medicare for pulmonary and intensive cardiac rehabilitation services furnished in outpatient departments beginning January 1, 2010 under a proposed rule issued today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS ANNOUNCES PAYMENT UPDATE AND POLICY CHANGES FOR MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expects to pay approximately $57.6 billion to 875,000 physicians and other health care professionals in 2006, according to a final rule released today that will update payment rates and revise payment policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
Newsroom Press ReleaseCMS LAUNCHES “FISTULA FIRST” INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE CARE AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today it is leading a national initiative to increase the use of fistulas in providing hemodialysis for Medicare beneficiaries with kidney failure, which is also known as end stage renal disease (ESRD).
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