On July 13, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year (CY) 2022 proposed changes to the physician fee schedule. CMS devoted 25 pages of the proposed rule to ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday revealed two new programs to gather feedback on the use of quality metrics and to provide ways for industry to engage the agency and inform FDA’s ...

The quality-measurement movement began more than 20 years ago and has resulted in transparent quality-performance information, accountability, and improvements. At the same time, proliferation of ...

As demand continues to grow for colleges and universities to serve students with intellectual disabilities, a recently formed accreditation council is focused on ensuring that programs meet quality ...

Despite lawmakers' action, funding levels overall are barely a drop in the bucket and must be used more strategically in smaller projects for better preparedness and protection, said one industry ...

A new-look Medicare Advantage (MA) quality bonus program would better incentivize insurers and help individuals choose a more appropriate plan, a report from Urban Institute finds. Authors Robert ...

Medicare Advantage's quality bonus program has had no observable difference in plan quality despite costly federal investments, a new study suggests, bolstering calls from some stakeholders to ...

The UAB Department of Health Services Administration Graduate Program in Healthcare Quality and Safety has received accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management in ...

The Medicare Advantage quality bonus program, established by the Affordable Care Act as part of a package of MA reforms, was expected to reduce payments to MA organizations. But according to a new ...

This fall, many young children across Canada have entered early learning or preschool programs for the first time. Access to early learning is a challenge across the country — and many parents ...

Health care reform is built on three pillars: coverage, affordability and quality. Any one of these pursuits is useless without the others. What good is coverage if the options are unaffordable? What ...