The following article was written by Ann O’Neill, RN, MBA/HCM, director of clinical operations for Regent Surgical Health.By now, almost everyone in the ASC industry is aware of the new CMS quality ...

As the US charts its course through the next political era, it is crucial that we boldly allocate resources and prioritize what truly impacts patients. When faced with complexity, feasibility concerns ...

We rate Uber drivers, restaurants, Amazon delivery, and much more, but when it comes to our own health experience, we often have little to no data. That’s especially scary because the business model ...

Performance measurement – if done right – can be a core activity to move the health care system to higher value for the American public, while rewarding health professionals and health care ...

Large language models, a form of artificial intelligence, are generating a lot of hype in healthcare circles, primarily because of their potential to transform and improve various aspects of ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

Skilled nursing facilities have an additional tool to measure their own quality improvement efforts under a new change to the quality measures rating domain. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

The Health Insurance Disparities Index allows stakeholders to assess progress in addressing health care disparities using publicly available, validated, reported health plan quality metrics results.

The fourth and final report in this Center for American Progress series highlighting best practices to improve and expand access to contraception at the state level focuses on the importance of ...