Performance measurement – if done right – can be a core activity to move the health care system to higher value for the American public, while rewarding health professionals and health care ...

A federal workgroup tasked with reviewing national quality measures for Medicaid home- and community-based services has delivered its biennial report, calling for the removal of three measures and the ...

Are imperfect and limited measures of health care quality and value better than none at all? That may not be just a rhetorical question soon, given that House Republicans are considering seriously the ...

As science races to address COVID-19, among the weaknesses highlighted by the pandemic is our inability to rapidly develop clinical guidelines, related decision supports, and quality measures to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Focusing on important quality measures, providing advocacy and asking questions are important to understand the ...

Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, FACP, chief scientific officer of The National Quality Forum, explained that the 2 gaps that exist in quality measurement currently include data infrastructure and patient ...

The quality care opportunities model can lead to increased utility and validity of current measurement tools and more accurate assessment of physician performance. Accurately measuring the quality of ...

CMS has delayed implementation of a sepsis inpatient quality measure intended to begin Jan. 1, 2015 for fiscal year 2017 inpatient quality reporting. The measure was delayed due to recommendations ...

In healthcare, quality reporting is often treated like a tax: Inevitable, complex and disconnected from frontline care. But what if it could be something else entirely? For decades, frameworks like ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quality Engine, the administrative measure logic and systematic sample processing component of Cotiviti’s Quality Intelligence solution, has earned Certified Measures ...

This fact sheet accompanies a new Center for American Progress report on best practices to expand and improve access to contraception at the state level, covering common implementation challenges and ...

There are many ways to measure a child care program's quality. Michigan's Great Start to Quality system is designed to ...