Articles Tagged With: measures
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Latest CMS Star Ratings Include Welcome Changes
Hospital leaders had criticized previous ratings because they believed the methodology used to create them was flawed and produced inconsistent results that made the ratings misleading and not useful to consumers. -
COVID-19 Vaccine Imminent, but No Magic Bullet Expected
As the continuing global pandemic threatens to overwhelm the medical response, there are tempered expectations about an imminent SARS-CoV-2 vaccine to protect the battered healthcare workforce. The Food and Drug Administration is not expecting a magic bullet, saying it would accept a vaccine with 50% efficacy as long as they are confident it would be no lower than 30% effective.
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COVID-19 Precautions Reduce Flu Cases
There are encouraging signs that masking and other measures taken to prevent COVID-19 are diminishing seasonal influenza globally. Flu virus circulation declined when COVID-19 measures were taken in the Northern Hemisphere, with the same epidemiology observed as the flu season began later below the equator, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
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Oregon Targets Data Overload, Develops Strategies
It’s one of the most common complaints among healthcare quality professionals: There are so many metrics and so much data to compile. How can we ever keep up?
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Measures Added to Hospital, ASC Quality Program
CMS did not propose to add new measures to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality Reporting Program for 2018 or 2019 payment determinations, the ASC Association said. However, the agency proposed that seven measures be added for 2020 payment determinations for ASCs and hospital outpatient departments.