Value-based payment systems like Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System hold providers accountable for population health measures driven by factors beyond their control, and this has resulted in a misalignment in accountability, according to a commentary in the American Journal of Accountable Care.
The disappearing MLN Matters® on total knee arthroplasty is back. CMS reissued it on January 24 with fixes to some—but not all—of the problems in the initial version.
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) affirmed an OSHA citation in a case where an employee of Integra Health Management, Inc., of Owings Mill, MD, was killed by a client with a history of violent behavior.
The latest Biennial Health Insurance Survey released by the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that aims to promote a high-performing healthcare system, finds that a growing number of Americans are struggling with insurance-related problems.
