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Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) Proposed Rule Webinar
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) on April 10th proposed a new mandatory bundled payment model called the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM).
The AHA Designates RL Solutions as AHA Champion Sponsor for Quality
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has appointed RL Solutions, a global designer of health care quality and safety software, as the AHA Champion Sponsor for Quality.
What’s Data Got to Do With It? Why Data is “Mission Critical” to Your TeamSTEPPS Success
Let’s be honest – we have a “love-hate” relationship with data, but connecting our stories with measurement drives understanding of our challenges and empowers an organization’s collective “why.” So, let’s talk data. Examine why data and the story it tells are “mission critical” to TeamSTEPPS success. Look at some examples that demonstrate the power of data to inform and inspire. Review the “nuts and bolts” of measurement by examining Kirkpatrick’s model of measurement and the importance of both outcome and process measures for assessing TeamSTEPPS implementation success. (Webinar presented December 13, 2023)
New Analysis Validates Need to Preserve Restrictions on the Growth of Physician-owned Hospitals
As some members of Congress continue to propose weakening Medicare’s prohibition on physician self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals (POHs) and loosening restrictions on the growth of existing POHs, new data from Dobson | DaVanzo show that POHs report fewer quality measures and perform worse on readmission penalties compared to full-service community hospitals.
AHA Responds to CMS' Episode Based Payment Model Request for Information
AHA provides feedback on CMS' Episode Based Payment request for information.
Analysis of Selected Medicare Quality Measure Reporting Data by Hospital Ownership
Dobson | DaVanzo recently examined Medicare claims data comparing demographic and clinical characteristics of facilities and patients receiving care at physician-owned hospitals (POHs) and all other acute care hospitals (non-POHs). That report showed that relative to POHs, non-POHs care for older, more medically complex patients who are on average burdened with multiple co-morbid conditions, while also operating on lower margins and providing more uncompensated and unreimbursed care.
Hospital Outpatient, Ambulatory Surgical Center Proposed Rule for CY 2024
The AHA is deeply concerned that CMS is proposing a CY 2024 outpatient hospital payment update of only 2.8% despite persistent financial headwinds facing the hospital field.
What Boards Need to Know About the New CMS QAPI Requirement
CMS on March 9 released changes to its interpretive guidance for the Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program.
What Boards Need to Know about the New CMS QAPI Requirement Jun 28
CMS's QAPI program is intended to ensure that hospitals have in place active and effective systems to examine the care they provide, identify problems that contribute to patient harm or poor performance and take steps to remedy those problems with appropriate follow up to ensure performance has improved. In updating this interpretive guidance, CMS is emphasizing its expectation that governing boards must oversee the quality of care provided. During AHA’s webinar, participants will hear from Nancy Foster, Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety, AHA about these new requirements and learn how to prepare your board to meet them.
CDC releases short training videos to promote effective hand hygiene in health care settings
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with the AHA, has released a series of four short videos to help promote hand hygiene. The videos aim to engage and educate all personnel in effective hand hygiene, foster accountability, and advance continuous quality improvement.