It is helpful, though, to consider that with the SNF VBP, CMS’s intent is to incentivize providers to improve quality in specific areas that they have identified as having the greatest impact on the ...

CMS will host a conference call for providers on its Value-Based Purchasing Program from 1:30-3:00 pm on Dec. 6. The call will outline the program and feature a sample hospital-specific performance ...

On April 11, 2025, CMS proposed a rule that would update policies and payment rates used under the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for FY 2026 (Proposed Rule). The ...

In October 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will launch value-based purchasing, which will impact discharge payment structures for all short-term acute care hospitals. To ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the proposed rule on April 11, 2025, for the skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) fiscal year (FY) 2026 update (the ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...

"Everything You Know Is Wrong!" the title of an album by the comic troupe Firesign Theatre, came to mind this week as I reviewed the state of chaos that stymies progress in healthcare quality. The ...

A new editorial published in JAMA by Northwestern Medicine ® experts strongly questions the use of several hospital quality measures by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in its ...