When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

The federal government will take the next step in expanding its quality improvement organization program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it will launch two projects that focus ...

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Medicare initially focused on cost monitoring measures when thinking about quality assurance. However, it now aims to ensure beneficiaries receive high quality, safe, impartial, and effective ...

Medicare's quality improvement organizations are charged with improving the medical care of Medicare beneficiaries. A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ...

Medicare readmissions have dropped nationwide, by 12.55 percent, according to CMS data, but communities with Quality Improvement Organizations saw a slightly larger drop in Medicare readmissions. In ...

Medicare's Quality Improvement Organizations had a banner year, according to a 2015 progress report that shows the organizations exceeded recruitment targets for six initiatives, prevented thousands ...

It’s common to talk about quality and continuous improvement in the context of manufacturing. Methodologies such as ISO, lean and Lean Six Sigma are a means to improve business efficiency and ...

Healthcare professionals face a variety of challenges when it comes to compliance: constantly changing laws, mounting administrative responsibilities, multiple siloed systems, staff turnover and more.

Medicare’s approach to quality assurance has significantly changed over the years. Starting with cost monitoring measures, it now ensures Medicare beneficiaries receive high quality, safe, and ...