The quality-measurement movement began more than 20 years ago and has resulted in transparent quality-performance information, accountability, and improvements. At the same time, proliferation of ...

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

Two recent publications issued by CMS clearly indicate that the organization is tightening its requirements for the documentation required to support medical necessity and mandated signatures on ...

According to a note from the American Hospital Association, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has sent an e-mail to hospitals reminding those facilities participating in the Medicare ...

Update, December 12: As a technical matter, commenter Laurie Fenton Ambrose is correct that CMS did not officially propose coverage with evidence development (CED), and this post has been edited to ...