CMS proposes pay cut for more conditions
Medicare has proposed more steps to link hospital quality with payment for the 2009 fiscal year and beyond. Nine preventable conditions would be added to the list of those Medicare would no longer pay for at a higher rate. And more than 40 quality indicators would be added to those…
Medicare to stop paying for some errors
Beginning next year, Medicare will stop paying hospitals more for treating serious conditions it considers avoidable, such as infections, falls, and objects left in surgical patients. The action is required by a law passed by Congress in 2005. In August, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) identified 8…
Outpatient quality reporting slated
Hospitals would have to report on 10 outpatient quality measures to get a full update in their 2009 outpatient payments, under a proposed Medicare rule issued July 16. Two of the measures affect surgery: timing of antibiotic prophylaxis selection of antibiotic. Other quality measures apply to acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia,…
CMS would limit payment for treating certain hospital-acquired conditions
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on April 13 posted its proposed FY 2008 inpatient rule, saying it will help improve the accuracy of Medicare payments for inpatients. The proposal also has more incentives to engage in quality improvement efforts. Comments are due by June 12. The rule…
CMS plans changes in guidelines for consent, alcohol-based preps
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to make changes in its interpretive guidelines on 2 issues of particular concern to OR managers—listing names of individuals on the consent form who will be assisting the surgeon and use of alcohol-based prep solutions. A CMS official described the planned…
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