Hospital Peer Review articles from December 2008

Hospital Peer Review archives from December 2008

On the march toward value-based purchasing: How far does OPPS go?
December 1, 2008... On the march toward value-based purchasing: How far does OPPS go? Does final OPPS rule measure quality or utilization? On Oct. 30, 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the final 2009 rule for the Hospital...

What to expect from a DNV Healthcare survey.
December 1, 2008... What to expect from a DNV Healthcare survey Focus on outcomes, document control, CoPs In preparation for its unannounced survey with DNV Healthcare, Citizens Medical Center personnel readied their survey preparation box. Last minute...

What P4P could mean for safety net hospitals.
December 1, 2008... What P4P could mean for safety net hospitals Are these hospitals in peril? For the sake of her study, Rachel Werner, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania school of medicine and researcher with the...

Interim guidance leads to first list of approved PSOs.
December 1, 2008... Interim guidance leads to first list of approved PSOs Common formats for reporting established As final guidance is hammered out on the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, interim guidance from the Department of Health...

Patient Satisfaction Planner: Public reporting boosts patient satisfaction.
December 1, 2008... Public reporting boosts patient satisfaction Experts say internal changes behind improvement Press Ganey Associates Inc., the South Bend, IN-based patient satisfaction and quality firm, reports that "patient satisfaction leaped" after...

Patient Satisfaction Planner: Study: Patient satisfaction not what it could be.
December 1, 2008... Study: Patient satisfaction not what it could be Yet programs have positive impact on outcomes There's good news and bad news in a new study just released by the Health Research & Educational Trust, an affiliate of the American...

Patient Satisfaction Planner: 'Most wired' hospitals have higher patient satisfaction.
December 1, 2008... 'Most wired' hospitals have higher patient satisfaction Interactivity is most appreciated by patients Patient satisfaction is higher at hospitals that embrace technology, according to the 10th Annual Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking...

IHI shares results of 5 Million Lives Campaign.(Institute for Healthcare Improvement)
December 1, 2008... IHI shares results of 5 Million Lives Campaign Campaign scheduled to wrap up in December If you're getting tired of bad news these days, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement has some positive news. As it nears the end of its 5...

New IP guidelines on track to become standards.
December 1, 2008... New IP guidelines on track to become standards 'A powerful expectation' that hospitals reduce HAIs The Joint Commission has strongly endorsed recently issued compendium infection prevention guidelines, announcing that the condensed,...

CMS shifts claim reviews from QIOs to FIs, MACs.
December 1, 2008... CMS shifts claim reviews from QIOs to FIs, MACs Change will mean efficiency, consistency, it says Citing improved efficiency and consistency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun transitioning the handling of...

CNE objectives/questions.
December 1, 2008... CNE objectives To earn continuing education (CNE) credit for subscribing to Hospital Peer Review, CNE participants should be able to: *Identify a particular clinical, legal, or educational issue related to quality improvement and...