An extra year of experience for a physician can make an impact on patient mortality in a hospital, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine that found 30-day and hospital mortality rates were higher for hospitalists in the first year of practice than their second.

New data has been added to the CMS Physician Compare website, allowing the public to see star ratings based on Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) scores and practice information for patient satisfaction scores.

Reporting for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is particularly vulnerable to fraud, OIG said, because it relies on clinicians on submitting their own data—and allows them to resubmit data to change their score.

In recognition of the nation’s highest quality hospitals, The Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit hospital watchdog organization, announced today the recipients of its 2017 Top Hospitals award. This year, New Jersey, California, Florida and Massachusetts had strong showings, with 10 or more hospitals in each of those states receiving the elite distinction.

The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) introduced by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) hasn’t been beloved by hospitals who have been penalized by it, but now new studies have given physicians and administrators new reasons to oppose it: It may be jeopardizing patient care.

McKesson’s board failed to audit the company’s methods to detect suspicious shipments of opioid painkillers, even after agreeing to do so in a court settlement, according to board minutes unsealed as part of a shareholder lawsuit.

Saint Anthony Hospital in Chicago has alleged the Leapfrog Group knowingly used incorrect information in awarding the facility a “C” grade in its fall 2017 safety grade report. But Leapfrog’s response to the suit said Saint Anthony had ample time to review its grade and said nothing about a suspected error in data the hospital itself had submitted until six days before grades were to be published.

A study of more than 90,000 hip operations at hospitals in Ontario found when surgeons were overseeing two operations at once, patients were nearly twice as likely to experience serious complications, with a longer overlap increasing the risk.