Dr. Robert Abraham emphasizes that eldercare must move beyond treatment-only models to systems designed around the full patient experience. His call aligns with regulatory requirements for Quality ...

With nurse turnover and agency use down markedly since the pandemic’s end, nursing homes have been able to make notable gains ...

New research from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute found that most Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) ...

Meanwhile, resident and family satisfaction remained strong, with 84.3% of residents and 75.9% of families reporting positive experiences. Workforce stability also improved, with nursing and ...

CMS has been working aggressively to improve the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) within the program’s statutory ...

CMS pitches hospital pay with a 2.4% increase and launches a mandatory joint replacement payment model starting fiscal year 2027.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a Medicare Advantage (MA) rule with substantial adjustments to the metrics used for calculating Medicare Advantage star ratings, but did ...

Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also ...

Bringing together quality improvement professionals across the entire cardiovascular care team, ACC Quality Summit 2025 promises real-world insights, hands-on education and the resources required to ...

LEAD represents a promising commitment to longitudinal accountability in care delivery and payment. This ambitious model deserves an equally progressive quality measurement framework—one that looks ...

Think about your patients who would benefit from prevention. It shouldn’t take long for the ideas to flow. The patient whose balance is just beginning to change, the one who pauses a little longer ...