These days, talk about “quality” factors into every discussion of healthcare. So how do the nation’s 449 accountable care organizations (ACOs) and ACO-like entities sponsored by hospital systems, ...

The Obama administration earlier this week announced a not-so radical idea: Medicare, the massive health-care program for seniors, should do a much better job of paying doctors and hospitals for ...

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to new consumer research by the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), a coalition of leading multispecialty medical groups and health systems, ...

Quality measurement in healthcare has always been difficult and expensive. In my 30 years in medicine, the focus has been geared more toward measuring outcomes from an acute care perspective than ...

Shantanu Agrawal and Ken Kizer will discuss the ideas presented in this post at the Health Affairs event, “The Care We Need: NQF and 20 Years of Quality,” at 2:00 PM ET today. Despite significant ...

Joseph Ibrahim has received funding in the past from State and Federal Government departments for research investigating premature and preventable deaths in nursing homes. A challenge facing the ...

As the configuration of the U.S. health care system continues to shift, it is increasingly important to assess the impact of the various changes, not just on national health spending, but on public ...

The hospital industry has consolidated substantially during the past two decades and at an accelerated pace since 2010. Multiple studies have shown that hospital mergers have led to higher prices for ...