A federal workgroup tasked with reviewing national quality measures for Medicaid home- and community-based services has delivered its biennial report, calling for the removal of three measures and the ...

Top Medicare and Medicaid officials want to create a “universal foundation” of quality measures aligned across all programs in a bid to ease reporting burdens and confusion. Officials with the Centers ...

There is an industry-led effort to develop quality measures, publicly report quality data and advance quality in ambulatory surgery centers. And while quality reporting in the ASC industry is still ...

The following article was written by Ann O’Neill, RN, MBA/HCM, director of clinical operations for Regent Surgical Health.By now, almost everyone in the ASC industry is aware of the new CMS quality ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) have issued the “2026 ACC/AHA Clinical Perfo ...

In its annual update, CMS updated the electronic specifications of the clinical quality measures that were finalized in the stage 2 meaningful use rule. CMS encourages the implementation and use of ...

The fourth and final report in this Center for American Progress series highlighting best practices to improve and expand access to contraception at the state level focuses on the importance of ...

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) have provided an update to their clinical performance and quality measures for adults with heart failure (HF) to bring ...

The lived environment has a significant impact on individuals’ health outcomes. For instance, outcomes can depend on access to surrounding resources, such as public transportation, job opportunities, ...