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Graphium Health Acquires ABG, Boosting Patient Safety and Efficiency

HIT Consultant

Empowering Providers, Transforming Surgery: By offering this comprehensive suite of tools and data-driven insights, Graphium Health empowers hospitals, anesthesiologists, and all surgical staff to: Track and measure quality metrics effectively: Ensuring consistent adherence to best practices.

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CMS Updates 20 Nursing Home Datasets

Briggs Healthcare

Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program – National Data … Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) provide Medicare Part A SNF services to beneficiaries and must report data on certain measures of quality to Medicare through the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP).

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CMS Posts Updated Datasets

Briggs Healthcare

This file contains national averages on quality measures implemented under the IMPACT Act. This file contains a list of the swing bed units participating in the SNF QRP, as well as their results on quality measures implemented under the IMPACT Act. Data are presented as one citation per row.

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Impact of star ratings on provider demand

Healthcare ECONOMIST

For years, Medicare and other payers have used quality measures to evaluate the quality of care patients receive at various types of providers settings (e.g., hospital, home health agencies, skilled nursing homes). 2021) aims to estimate this relationship for quality metrics related to home health agencies (HHA).

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7 Questions about Commercial Health Care Prices

Healthcare ECONOMIST

While claims data can help measure overall cost, much or payer reimbursement to providers comes through alternative payment model mechanisms such as shared savings payments, Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) bonuses, and other value-based payments are not captured in claims.

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Payor-Provider Convergence with John Moore, Founder of Chilmark Research – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Physician organizations seem to be able to do this more easily than hospital-led organizations in most cases. Without that metric, we can’t move forward; John says that if we can’t define quality, then we can’t define value. .” How do we reach to objective of the Triple Aim? “Burn the boats.”

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Payor-Provider Convergence with John Moore, Founder of Chilmark Research – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Physician organizations seem to be able to do this more easily than hospital-led organizations in most cases. Without that metric, we can’t move forward; John says that if we can’t define quality, then we can’t define value. .” How do we reach to objective of the Triple Aim? “Burn the boats.”