In August, the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed 41 new measures of pediatric care quality covering a wide range of child care, from prenatal care to blood pressure and physical development screening for youth ages 13 through 18.

After reading this article, you will be able to:

• Describe the goals of the proposed changes to the CMS Conditions of Participation
• Identify key problem areas that will be pared
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By now, HIPAA is well known to the healthcare community. Hospital staff and physicians have long been practicing a strict standard of patient privacy.

The Affordable Care Act required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a National Quality Strategy that would make care safe, effective, and affordable.