The impact has been gaining increased attention from healthcare quality groups, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, as well as other groups.Adam ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced several new reimbursement codes for rechargeable neurostimulators that are effective for services performed in the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) setting on or after January 1, 2006. In addition, CMS approved New Technology Add-On ...
Journal of VisionUS Dept of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. HCAHPS: patients' perspectives of care survey. http:// www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment- Instruments/HospitalQualityInits/HospitalHCAHPS.html. Accessed March 6, 2015....
"We've been working with CMS [Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services] for more than a year trying to get them to formally codify the idea that the OR is a secure area," said Dr. Singleton, speaking on behalf of the ASA. "We needed something that was spelled out very clearly."Jan...
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Headquarters Anesthesia Service in Washington, D.C. Quality measures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) specify that most antibiotics should be administered within an hour before the surgeon ...