About the authors
Melinda Tully, MSN, CCDS, is Senior VP of Clinical Services and Education and has 25+ years in Acute Care as a Clinical Specialist and Nurse Practitioner. Her area of specialty is clinical documentation education focused on continuous quality improvement.
Paul Weygandt, MD, JD, MPH, MBA, is a Certified Physician Executive (CPE) with over 20 years of combined experience in medical management, legal counsel, and orthopedic surgery. His area of specialty is facilitating CFO-CMO/VPMA/Physician Relationships to drive quality improvement.
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- David Block MD, PhD on ICD-10: AMA Decision Tries to Avoid the Inevitable – and Will Likely Fail
- David Block MD, PhD on Open Medicare Database, Good or Bad for Healthcare?
- Steve Sisko on ICD-10 Impact on Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial Reimbursement
- Admin on AMA Votes to Stop ICD-10
- David Block MD, PhD on AMA Votes to Stop ICD-10
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Category Archives: Quality Measures
CMS Debuts New Compare Website
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new Web site Friday designed to give consumers speedier access to information they can use to compare the quality of hospitals, nursing homes, home care agencies, health plans and doctors. … Continue reading
Posted in Quality Measures, Technology
Tagged cms compare website, quality measures cms
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Proposed Medicare rules on raising rates, doc reimbursement and quality measures
According to Modern Healthcare, CMS issued proposed Medicare rules that would increase hospital outpatient rates by 1.5%, increase ambulatory surgical center payments by 0.9%, and decrease physician reimbursement by 29.5%, with the cut coming as a result of previous delays of mandated cuts tied … Continue reading
CMS Updates Medicare Payment Policies and Rates
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for hospitals in Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. Proposals included in the rule would help support the Obama Administration’s efforts … Continue reading
An “Ear to the Ground” Update – ACOs & Anesthesiology
I had the opportunity recently to speak with a group of anesthesiologists. Our discussion which began with improving clinical documentation quickly evolved into a discussion of ACO deployment, bundled payment, and the implications for the practice of anesthesiology. To achieve … Continue reading
Coordination between ED physicians and hospitalists
I read with interest a new study conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) which addresses care coordination for patients treated in hospital emergency departments (EDs) – you can read about some of the survey findings below. … Continue reading
HIMSS11 and Being Patient-Centric about the Data
This was my first visit to HIMSS and I must say, I was impressed. 31,000 attended the show and HIMSS had over 14,000 professional registrants. The Keynotes were likewise impressive: From Dr. Regina Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General, Office of the … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical Documentation, Health Reform, Patient Safety, Quality Measures
Tagged cms, himss, patient care, patient safety, plan of care, quality care
Hospitalists and the Medical Record
The emerging healthcare environment presents a unique set of both challenges and opportunities to hospitalist groups. Hospitalists are being asked to participate in the care of an increasingly large percentage of patients across all specialties. And we know that Medicare … Continue reading
How Will Physicians Be Paid In The Future?
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Payment Innovation will explore methodologies to link physician payment to quality, decrease incentives to over-utilize services, and align disparate provider interests to improve continuity of care. Traditional fee-for-service, as we now know it, is … Continue reading
NQF Endorses Eight New Outcome Measures for High-Impact Areas
Take Note – The National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed eight outcome measures for cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions and care in the intensive care unit. The endorsement of newly endorsed outcome measures was announced in a news release posted to … Continue reading
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Tagged health, NQF, patient outcomes, quality measures
