Physicians have resisted stricter guidelines on early screening and treatment of sepsis, arguing there isn’t enough evidence the extra effort benefits patients—which is precisely what a new study of New York hospitals provides.

University of Michigan researchers found no association between prescribing more opioid painkillers to postoperative patients and higher pain management scores on patient satisfaction surveys, undercutting physicians’ perceptions that they’ve been incentivized to prescribe the potentially addictive drugs.  

Posting about nursing home residents on Facebook, Snapchat or other forms of social media “violates more codes than you could ever imagine,” according to the Joint Commission, which advised facilities to draft their own social media policies.

CMS had expected more than half of Medicare providers to be exempt from the new Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in its first year. That ended up being a low estimate, as CMS said 65 percent have been notified they won’t be participating in MIPS for 2017.

The claims that larger, higher priced providers outperform lower-priced practices on quality and efficiency of care don’t hold up, according to a new study from Harvard Medical School researchers.

A so-called “superfungus” resistant to the typical antifungal medications is showing up in U.S. hospitals, particularly in New York and New Jersey.

The transmission of malaria among the general population in the U.S. hasn’t been an issue for nearly 60 years—but as NPR reports, it’s a different story in hospitals, where nearly 1,500 cases are seen each year involving people who have been traveling abroad.

Chip Kahn, president and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals, gave a harsh assessment of current quality measurement processes at a Health Affairs forum in Washington, D.C.