Joint Commission–accredited hospitals and CAHs must have a process for requesting an 1135 waiver from CMS
For every additional doctor involved in a patient’s care, patients will stay nearly an extra day in the...
The study found that the CMS rating system does not account for social risk factors (SRF) and as a result,...
The following is a Q&A with two experts at Chicago-based Lumere, a healthcare think tank focused on helping health systems eliminate medical errors and cut unnecessary costs.
It’s not a new problem. According to a 2016 study from the Mayo Clinic, at least 15%–20% of adults in the U.S...