The House of Representatives released specifics on a $1.1 trillion funding bill that includes a package of tax breaks, coming down to the wire on Tuesday, Dec. 15, to finalize the bill by the deadline.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is urging the federal government to give healthcare providers more time to adjust to recent changes to the Meaningful Use program before mandating new and burdensome Stage 3 requirements.

For fiscal year 2016, 758 hospitals were penalized under the hospital-acquired condition (HAC) reduction program. They will have their reimbursement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reduced by 1 percent for all Medicare discharges between Oct. 1, 2015, and Sept. 30, 2016.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services added performance data and new quality measures to its Physician Compare website to enable consumers to make more informed healthcare decisions. 

Through their research and work with healthcare executives, three members of Harvard University’s International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) have identified five ways hospital leaders can track their performance and measure outcomes.

The latest release of data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revealed that more than half of the hospitals that Medicare will penalize in 2016 for having the worst performance on measures of preventing patient harm are on that list for the second year in a row.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has added new quality measures to Physician Compare for group practices and accountable care organizations (ACOs) and, for the first time, individual healthcare professionals.

Recognizing that healthcare providers need to transition from sick care to well care, Carolinas HealthCare System has been aggressively pursuing a technology strategy that powers more effective patient engagement, virtual care delivery and interoperability amongst providers in the Carolinas.