tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 10

Hospitals: Numbers Up For Hospital Reporting Initiative

The carrot of Medicare reimbursement finally woos more hospitals to quality movement.A total of 3,008 hospitals have signed up to take part in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services National Voluntary Hospital Reporting Initiative, American Hospital Association policy chief Nancy Foster said in a Feb. 20 telephone briefing.Just over 1,400 hospitals have submitted data on at least one of ten measures covering how well institutions adhere to best practices in treating victims of heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia. CMS says on its Web site that 4,661 short-term acute care hospitals are eligible...

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