The percentage of patients that didn't pay the full balance for hospital bills of $500 or less increased 15 percent from 2015 to 2016, according to a TransUnion Healthcare analysis. Here are five statistics.
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CMS will partner with clinicians, patients and others to develop, improve, update and expand quality measures in the Quality Payment Program. Here are six details.
UnitedHealth released its annual value-based care report, which showed employer-sponsored and individual ACOs perform better on 87 percent of the top quality measures than non-ACOs.
For the third quarter of 2017, from July 1 to Sept. 30, the ASC Quality Collaboration released quality report numbers based on data from 1,484 ASCs.
Researchers in Spain found that guiding IV fluid and vasoactive drug administration with esophageal doppler monitoring significantly reduced complications after major surgery, News Medical reports. Here are six takeaways.
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About one-third of healthcare providers reported a positive return on investment from their organization's value-based care efforts over the past five years, according to HealthLeaders Media's 2018 Annual Industry Outlook Survey.
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association rebuked a story by Kaiser Health News and USA Today saying it misrepresented the safety and quality of outpatient surgery.
Certified ASCs that obtain accreditation and maintain compliance typically report a low infection rate; in the third quarter of 2017, the ASC Quality Collaboration Quality Report showed a hospital transfer rate of 0.955 per 1,000 ASC admissions. Wrong site, side, patient,…
Here are 10 statistics on net revenue per case in the Midwest, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker Study 2017.
In an effort to provide high-quality, cost-effective care, ASCs rely on outsourced human drug compounding to accommodate specific patient orders. Most centers don't possess the appropriate staffing or access to the most advanced technology for safe in-house compounding and search…