Louisville, Ky.-based Humana introduced a program to reduce and standardize the set of clinical quality metrics it uses for physicians, scaling back the number of quality metrics from 1,116 to 208.
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After an outdoor electric transformer short-circuited, hospital officials at Palomar Health Downtown Campus in Escondido, Calif., were forced to divert all new maternity deliveries to the system's Pomerado Hospital in Poway, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna is continuing its initiative to curb opioid use by encouraging medical practices to sign a pledge to limit opioid prescriptions and treat opioid overuse as a chronic condition.
Detroit-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan gained CMS approval for its Patient-Centered Medical Home model to receive merit-based payments under the Medicare Quality Payment Program, reports TV 6.
Louisville, Ky.-based Humana issued results of its value-based Medicare Advantage reimbursement model, presenting improved healthcare quality and lower costs for the third consecutive year.
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Shares of Humana fell 5 percent Wednesday after CMS downgraded the percent of Humana policyholders enrolled in so-called high quality Medicare Advantage plans.
Avera Marshall (Minn.) Regional Medical Center went on lockdown for roughly two hours Wednesday after a dispute between a patient and a visitor, according to the Marshall Independent.
CMS released 2017 Star Ratings for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans, with nearly half of all Medicare Advantage with Part D plans earning an overall rating of four stars or higher.
The following hospitals have an average emergency department length of stay of less than 139 minutes, as reported on CMS' Hospital Compare website.