Physician Workforce
The AHA today released an updated PowerPoint slide deck to help hospital leaders, clinicians and trustees prepare for the new Medicare physician quality payment program, for which performance measurement starts in 2017 under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.
The compendium offers a toolkit on each of the five areas: blood management, antimicrobial stewardship, ambulatory care sensitive conditions, elective percutaneous coronary intervention, and aligning treatment with patient priorities for use of the ICU.
AHA comments to CMS request for information on the implementation of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System and alternative payment models.
PLF hosted a session on achieving team-based health care delivery. David Nash, MD, founding dean of the Jefferson School of Population Health and professor of health policy at Thomas Jefferson University, delivered the keynote address. Dr. Nash spoke about the need for hospitals to do a better job…