Medicaid managed care plans — which serve two-thirds of all Medicaid enrollees — have consistently improved performance on more than 25 quality metrics since 2014, according to a report from America's Health Insurance Plans.
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A national volunteer taskforce comprising experts in infection prevention and evidence-based medicine, is recommending healthcare professionals screen all adults for hepatitis C.
Fayetteville State University is the first school in North Carolina to offer an online patient safety degree program for nurses, reports The Fayetteville Observer.
Three times more pediatricians screened children for developmental delays in 2016 than in 2002, according to a study published in Pediatrics.
A majority of U.S. hospitals perform high-risk surgeries without meeting healthcare watchdog the Leapfrog Group's minimum volume standards for performing those surgeries safely, which is "very disturbing," according to Leah Binder, president and CEO of the Leapfrog Group.
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CMS Administrator Seema Verma unveiled a new quality strategy that aims to streamline reporting and reduce physician burnout at the agency's 2020 Quality Conference in Baltimore.
A CMS inspection has found several instances in which emergency room staff at Milwaukee-based Froedtert Hospital did not check on patients as often as they should have per hospital policy, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report.
Ballad Health resumed cardiac surgeries at Kingsport, Tenn.-based Holston Valley Medical Center Feb. 24 after a temporary suspension to investigate a cluster of patient deaths last week, reports CBS affiliate WJHL.
Below are eight hospitals or health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CMOs.
Holding daily briefings where care teams can exchange information helped significantly reduce the length of a patient's stay, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.