Quality

The focus of quality improvement in healthcare is to bolster performance and processes related to diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Leaders in this space also ensure the proper selection of imaging exams and procedures, and monitor the safety of services, among other duties. Reimbursement programs such as the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) utilize financial incentives to improve quality. This also includes setting and maintaining care quality initiatives, such as the requirements set by the Joint Commission.

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Best of the best? Meet the world’s top 250 hospitals for cardiology

Fifteen of the list's top 25 hospitals are located in the United States. 

September 23, 2021

Meet the 10 best hospitals in the world

North America has bragging rights to the five best hospitals in the world, although institutions specifically in the United States make up only nine of the top 25.

March 4, 2021
Money Eye

CMS to penalize 2,500+ hospitals this year for excessive readmissions in years past

Coronavirus chaos notwithstanding, more than 80% of penalty-eligible hospitals will feel the pain of readmission reductions during the current fiscal year.

November 4, 2020
Social Media

AMA: 4 ways to eat healthily from social media’s medical smorgasbord

With their broad reach across all demographic categories, social media platforms are connecting healthcare influencers and stakeholders across every area of activity in which one might hold a stake. Of course, that’s a good thing and a bad thing.

October 19, 2020
Repair

Needed medical equipment going unused in hospitals due to avoidable repair lapses

The COVID crisis has swollen the demand for repairs to hospitals’ overworked medical equipment at the same time it has, in effect, shrunken the field of qualified repair workers.

October 12, 2020

Offering imaging exam for free ups utilization by 546%, with key gains in underserved populations

University Hospitals Health System tested the pricing change in a bid to boost outcomes in its service area. 

September 23, 2020
COVID

Mask study finds one style actually increases transmission risk

Among 14 common types of protective face mask is one that may do more harm than good.

August 11, 2020
USA

Some sleepers arise in rankings of top (and bottom) states for healthcare

It’s no shock to find Massachusetts and Minnesota topping the states as the best in which to receive high-quality healthcare with good access and reasonable out-of-pocket prices. But look which state leads the way in getting at-risk adults to the doctor for routine visits.

August 3, 2020

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In addition, cardiologists average an additional $75,000 per year in incentive-based bonuses. That number is only higher for two other specialties. 

CMS has issued its proposed rule for the 2025 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system, suggesting a payment increase of 2.6%. According to the American Hospital Association, this update would not be enough at a time when hospitals are already struggling to stay open. 

The rumors, it seems, were true. Once the deal is finalized, Shockwave Medical will operate as a business unit within Johnson & Johnson MedTech.

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