Quality & Patient Safety
In mid-September, information on hospital-acquired conditions \(HACs\) will be publicly available for the first time on Hospital Compare \(www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov\).
On June 25, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released its physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year \(CY\) 2011.
The federal health reform legislation includes several demonstration projects that will be held in the coming years to test new models for care delivery and payment.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration \(OSHA\) recently issued a Request for Information \(RFI\) on occupational exposure to infectious diseases in health care settings.
The U.S. Census Bureau is required to count the nation's population every 10 years. In February, Census Bureau workers will contact health care facilities to ensure that some people living in certain hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and inpatient hospice facilities are accounted for…
On August 11, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) published in the Federal Register its skilled nursing facility \(SNF\) prospective payment system \(PPS\) final rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2010.
In November 1999 the Institute of Medicine \(IOM\) released its landmark report, To Err is Human, which estimated that as many as 98,000 people die each year in hospitals because of preventable medical harm.
On May 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) published Federal Register the Medicare skilled nursing facility \(SNF\) prospective payment system \(PPS\) proposed rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2010.
Standardizing the colors of the wristbands used in hospitals is the sensible approach to improving patient safety, and many state hospital associations have already engaged their hospitals in this effort. As the national advocate for America's hospitals, the AHA is asking all hospitals to consider…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) in the August 8 Federal Register published the skilled nursing facility \(SNF\) prospective payment system final rule for fiscal year \(FY\) 2009.