Medicare’s Conditions of Participation set health and safety standards for healthcare organizations and are designed to protect patient health and safety regardless of healthcare intervention or ...

Archimedes theorized he could use a lever to move the earth, while Donald Trump has advised using leverage to seal deals. Medicare should use its leverage to move hospitals to provide better, safer ...

The federal government will pay hospitals that treat poor and uninsured patients almost $1 billion less next year, a cut that’s more than eight times larger than the one proposed in April. The Centers ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services remains acutely focused on patient harm and will introduce new measures addressing patient safety later this year, agency leaders said at an event in ...

For years, healthcare’s safety nets have quietly navigated the increasingly urgent needs of patients with chronic conditions. As this population has grown, these organizations have found novel, ...

Some safety-net hospitals will receive lower Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payments under a final rule the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published Tuesday. The regulation sets ...

The Patient Safety Structural Measure released by CMS in the inpatient rule hard-wires patient safety as a top priority, says Leah Binder, president and CEO The Leapfrog Group.