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AHA, ASHP urge congressional leaders to reject proposed site-neutral legislation
The AHA and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Nov. 14 urged House and Senate leaders to oppose any policies that fail to take into account the costs of safely providing drug administration services to the complex patients that hospitals serve.
Hospital Collaboration Pays Off Even for Implants
On-Demand Educational Webinars
Yankee Alliance facilitated an Orthopedic Total Joint Collaborative in order to identify opportunities for quality improvement and cost reduction, resulting in documented savings of over $8M. In this webinar, the collaborative approach is reviewed as well as the methods deployed to achieve savings, including implant and reimbursement benchmarking, contract strategies, and perioperative supplies utilizing data analysis.
Help! I Can’t Find My OR Supplies!
On-Demand Educational Webinars
Tracking surgical supplies is a challenge. Average returns for picked supplies is low, O.R. in-and-out traffic to retrieve items is high, and significant staff hours are spent checking consumption, restocking, and locating supplies. UTMC and DeRoyal have developed a "smart" radio frequency identification trash bin that tracks inventory used during a case, charges for that inventory, and shows where items are located in the room in real time.
CMS Bundled Payments
On-Demand Educational Webinars
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed ruling which introduces three new episode payment models for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts, and Surgical Hip/Femur Fracture Treatment. This webinar provides an overview of the proposed ruling and CJR changes and a discussion of how hospitals should be preparing for the go-live date of July 1, 2017.
CMS Releases Final Rules for CY 2011 Hospital Outpatient/ASC Payment System, Physician Fee Schedule and Home Health Payment System
Advisory
An overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' three final rules for calendar year 2011 the outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center rule, the Me
Improve Cost Reduction: A Multidisciplinary and Big Picture Approach
As health care organizations continue to look for new ways to reduce costs ultimately, data, clinical integration and engaging multi-disciplinary stakeholders may be the major keys to success. In this webinar, hear how a large health system sought to standardize endomechanical, suture, trocars and surgical energy across multiple categories.
Who's Keeping Score? Using CQO Scorecards for Service Line Success
On-Demand Educational Webinars
Wellmont Health System in Tennessee has developed a scorecard to help supply chain executives convince even the toughest clinicians and hospital administrators to collaborate and drive down overall costs (while maintaining the highest standards of patient care and safety) by speaking their language: evidence. This webinar provides detail on how to use the DRG scorecard. An excel file of the scorecard is provided upon completion.
AHA Comments on the CMS’ Proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2024
AHA comments on the CMS' proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2024.
Hospital Outpatient Final Rule for CY 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nov.
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for CY 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nov. 1 issued its physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule for calendar year (CY) 2023.