CMS has proposed to begin a Medicare value-based purchasing program in 2013, two years earlier than the reform law requires, according to an American Medical News report. Under President Obama’s ...

CMS will host a special open door forum on its FY 2013 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program on Wed., July 27, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. EST. The program, which will increase payments to high-quality ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...

More than 1,800 hospitals will see payments from the federal government rise in 2016 due to improvements in quality under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services value-based purchasing program, ...

A new audit-like process designed to test the validity of nursing homes’ quality data is being pushed back until early 2026.

While no healthcare sector is being spared from the reimbursement knife, the Value-Based Purchasing initiative is aimed squarely at hospitals. It is part of a larger reimbursement reduction movement ...

Nursing homes could soon be measured on their ability to capture advance care planning documents for their patients.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) has commended HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and HHS for its framework to establish a Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) program for ambulatory ...

A Medicare hospital quality improvement program has failed to yield reduced mortality for patients with acute myocardial infarction or heart failure 4 years into the program, a new study has found.

Health may be priceless, but healthcare is not. With medical costs on the rise, insurance companies and government payers are increasingly asking pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers to ...

CMS has finalized a 2.6% payment increase for inpatient services, boosted DSH payments, established new interoperability rules for prior authorization, and confirmed the launch of a controversial ...