Tag: CMS

ASCs report high use of Safe Surgery Checklist

Editor's Note The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on October 8 released data showing that 99% of Medicare-certified ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) use a Safe Surgery Checklist, the ASC Association reports. The data was collected in 2012 and made public on Medicare’s Hospital Compare website. Today, the Centers for…

Read More

By: Judy Mathias
October 9, 2015
Share

CMS issues final rules on “meaningful use”

Editor's Note The Centers Medicare & Medicaid Services on October 6 released final rules on “meaningful use” for electronic health records. The rules cover three components of the electronic health records meaningful use program: It finalizes modifications to stages 1 and 2, covers requirements for stage 3, and it addresses the…

Read More

By: Judy Mathias
October 7, 2015
Share

CMS unsure of ICD-10 readiness until processing begins

Editor's Note A Government Accountability Office study finds that although extensive testing of transition to ICD-10 codes has been done, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will not know the true functionality of the systems until code processing begins October 1, Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review reports.…

Read More

By: OR Manager
September 25, 2015
Share

Deadline looms for CMS orthopedic bundled care program

Only a few months remain before the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CCJR) goes into effect on January 1, 2016. This orthopedic bundled program, mandated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is expected to save $153 million as part of the goal to convert 50% of Medicare…

Read More

By: OR Manager
September 22, 2015
Share

Most Medicare ACOs received no bonuses in 2014

Editor's Note Only 97 of 353 Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) met targets for quality and slowed spending enough to earn bonuses in 2014, Modern Healthcare reports. This is a continuation of mixed results for the ACO initiative that the Obama administration has targeted for rapid expansion through 2018. The…

Read More

By: OR Manager
August 31, 2015
Share

CMS announces additional participants for bundled payment initiative

Editor's Note The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced on August 13 that 360 more organizations have entered into agreements to assume financial risk for an episode of care during the second phase of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative. The initiative is testing four bundled payment models…

Read More

By: OR Manager
August 17, 2015
Share

Editorial

The French proverb, “the more things change, the more they stay the same,” is one way to view the readmission penalties imposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). About a year ago, a Kaiser Health News report said more than 2,600 hospitals in fiscal year 2015 were…

Read More

By: Elizabeth Wood
August 17, 2015
Share

Quality reports to determine pay rise or fall

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) that have yet to register and report compliance with quality measures can expect a decrease of 0.9% in 2016 from this year’s Medicare reimbursement rates. Those in compliance, however, may see an increase of approximately 1.1%, depending on specialties. As in the past, the Centers for…

Read More

By: Paula DeJohn
August 17, 2015
Share

CMS extends “Two-Midnight” rule partial enforcement delay to end of year

Editor's Note The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on August 12 extended the partial enforcement delay of the “Two-Midnight” rule from September 30 to December 31, AHA News reports. The extension prohibits Recovery Audit Contractors from conducing post-payment patient status reviews for claims with admission dates October 1 to…

Read More

By: OR Manager
August 13, 2015
Share

Variation in surgical readmissions mostly patient related

Editor's Note Postoperative readmissions occurred in more than 1 in 10 patients, in this study, with considerable variation across specialties. The majority of variation was attributable to patient-related factors (82.8%); surgical specialty accounted for 14.5% of the variability, and individual surgeon factors accounted for 2.8%. After adjusting for patient and…

Read More

By: OR Manager
August 10, 2015
Share

Join our community

Learn More
Video Spotlight
Live chat by BoldChat