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CMS opens up Medicare claims data for provider quality reports
In a move toward transparency and quality improvement, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday announced a final rule that will allow consumers, insurers, and employers to
Coordinate safety, incentives to cut HACs, readmissions
The campaign against hospital readmissions and healthcare-acquired conditions (HACs) requires coordination--public and private, payer and provider, according to a new report by the Measures
Boost physician engagement with ongoing performance assessments
To truly engage employees, assess the level of physician engagement on an ongoing basis as part of the performance management process, researchers from the University of Toronto and University of
Physicians call for right to review public data
Physician groups want to make sure that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) take care in implementing its federally mandated data release program to ensure that the information
Foreign-trained docs as good as those trained in U.S.
Doctors who trained abroad deliver the same level of care as doctors educated stateside, according to a new study published in the August issue of Health Affairs. The study, which analyzed 244,000
GAO supports doctor profiling system based on Medicare expenses
Measuring physician performance on value and quality is one of the most controversial issues in medicine. It hasn't helped much that physicians have been subjected to a wide variety of inconsistent
Survey: Few patients rely on physician ratings
Although legions of doctors have bristled at the physician rankings that are widely available online, most consumers in fact do not use the rankings when choosing a provider, medical facility or even
