CMS will end health equity and social drivers of health reporting requirements for its end-stage renal disease quality reporting and incentive programs on Dec. 31. CMS administers the End-Stage Renal ...

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) face unique burdens to comply with CMS’s new quality reporting requirements as summarized in this 2021 MedCity News article. Challenges are particularly acute for ...

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CMS proposed new payment and quality reporting measures for 2026 on July 15. Here are CMS’ four proposals for the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program included in the policy release: 1 ...

CMS’ Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program was designed to pay hospitals a higher annual update to their payment rates for successfully reporting and meeting designated quality measures. In ...

The number of companies across the world who issue some form of sustainability report continues to increase. However, even as organizations place more emphasis on improving reporting quality related ...

Policy and payment changes in CMS’ Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule have wide-reaching implications for healthcare providers, including quality reporting requirements for 2025.

Medicare’s seven-year public reporting initiative for hospitals, Hospital Compare, had no impact on reducing death rates for two key health conditions and just a modest effect on a third. That’s the ...