The 2015 National Impact Assessment of Quality Measures Report found that 95 percent of 119 publicly reported performance rates across seven quality reporting programs showed improvement during the study period with 35 percent of the measures classified as high performing.

Of the 32 original Medicare accountable care organizations, 13 dropped out of the program after struggling to reduce costs, Modern Healthcare reports.

Redwood Shores, Calif. – February 25, 2015 - Healthcare organizations are increasingly focused on streamlining data to meet a multitude of challenges, from regulatory compliance and reimbursement management to delivering quality care to their patients across the care continuum.

A trade group representing rehabilitation hospitals is hoping to avoid upcoming payment cuts, The Hill reports.

Humana and Aetna expect their Medicare Advantage funding to decrease in 2016, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Boston, Massachusetts, February 17, 2015 – Press Ganey announced today it has signed a multi-year agreement with Boston Children’s Hospital, a leading pediatric hospital, to capture and assess patient and family experience data through the newly created Child Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (Child HCAHPS) hospital survey.

For the first time since the federal government began collecting data, the aggregate price of acute-care hospital care declined in January compared with the previous January, Modern Healthcare reports.

Nearly three-quarters of physician leaders said their organizations are preparing for changes in the way hospitals are reimbursed for treating Medicare patients, according to a new poll.