tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 30

QUALITY OF CARE: Gear Up To Provide Quality Measurements To Government

President plans technology standards for health care providers.Your quality and outcomes could be held up for scrutiny sooner than you realize. President Bush will sign an executive order requiring all health care providers who treat Medicare or Medicaid patients to have tools to measure their quality "in a matter of weeks," Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt told the National Governors Association according to the Washington Post. The order also will call for uniform standards for your health information technology (HIT).By the end of the year, most of the 100 largest employers will sign similar...

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