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Who gets the value in value-based care?
Last year on this blog, I asked a rhetorical question: Is value-based care a fad? I did not expect to…
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The significant difference between value-based care and value-based payment
Mark Twain once said, “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter.…
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CMS proposal would make knee replacements, stents reimbursable at ambulatory surgery centers
Who reads Medicare rules? Nobody, right? They’re long, boring, hard to read because of the small type in narrow columns…
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Quality data on ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient services available
As my colleague Joyce Frieden reported for MedPage Today on Tuesday, in 2020, reporters will be able to compare the…
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Leapfrog reports: Reporters can check ambulatory surgery center and hospital outpatient quality data; next year by facility
Joyce Frieden Many ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) are following the correct patient safety protocols, but…
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D.C. chapter’s joint networking happy hour draws hundreds
In the shadow of Washington National’s ballpark, the Association of Health Care Journalists’ D.C. Chapter participated in hosting a networking…
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CDC: Update of national antibiotic resistance figures due next month
Since 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been saying that, in their conservative estimate, at least…
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Panelists discuss challenges of reporting on mental health and older adults
Covering mental health issues among older adults first means understanding the differences between issues of social isolation, loneliness, depression, and…
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Despite checklists, cataloging strategies and other efforts, ‘forgotten surgical items’ remain a problem
About this time every year, the story of Dan Jennings, a man I got to know fairly well, always seems…
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Veteran journalist to lead patient safety topic area
Cheryl Clark, a journalist based in San Diego, will lead AHCJ’s newest core topic on patient safety. She will be…
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