Search results for "Penalties"
CMS quality demo pays dividends for hospitals, but not always financially
Results from the first three years of the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID) suggest that while bonuses were something to shoot for, they weren't the primary motivators for most participants. Instead, some hospitals viewed their participation as an opportunity to implement a tracking system, identify areas for improvement and see how they stacked up against other hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/09/cover-story.htm
15 Sep 2007
Accurate coding improves payments, quality ratings
Accurate coding has a significant impact not only on a hospital or practice’s finances but also on quality ratings, as Medicare’s new coding system increasingly is being used to profile hospitals and physicians.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/07/documentation.htm
15 Jul 2009
acp-hosp0910:acp-hosp0910
28, 2009,CMS had publicized a plan to reduce payments as a behavioraladjustment (penalty) for improved documentation and coding.However, the agency deferred the payment reduction until 2011to allow more time ... In 2009, areported $21 million was saved through payment penalties forthe 11 hospital-acquired conditions considered to be reasonablypreventable (see sidebar on the following page).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/acph-200910-coding_t1.pdf
29 Sep 2009
CMS updates payments, quality measures for 2010
October 1 is an important time to evaluate coding changes because it's when CMS’ annual update to the inpatient prospective payment system (MS-DRGs) takes effect.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/10/coding.htm
15 Oct 2009
MDs phone homes
Among all the advanced technologies available to hospitalists, one of the best tools for helping recently hospitalized patients thrive may be one of the oldest and simplest: the telephone.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/02/phone.htm
15 Feb 2010
The next issue of ACP Internist is online
ACP Job Placement Center calls for physician profiles
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/04/07/5.htm
7 Apr 2010
They'll be back
Depression may pose as a big a risk for hospital readmission as other, better known factors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/10/depression.htm
15 Oct 2010
Placing priority on pressure ulcers
Current emphasis on public reporting of quality scores has helped make accurate documentation and effective management of pressure ulcers crucial health care considerations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/08/coding.htm
15 Aug 2011
Little evidence supports interventions to reduce hospital readmissions
There's no definitive evidence that any single intervention reduces 30-day hospital readmissions, a literature review concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/19/4.htm
19 Oct 2011
Hospital readmission risk prediction models perform poorly, review finds
Most risk prediction models for hospital readmissions do not perform well, according to a new systematic review.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/10/26/4.htm
26 Oct 2011