Top 10 Patient-Safety Concerns for 2019
ECRI Institute, a nonprofit organization that studies how to improve patient care by addressing safety concerns across the continuum...
Details Beyond the Waiver: Addiction and Opioid Use Disorder Training for Health Care Professionals
Physicians, nurses and other practitioners have important roles to play combating opioid abuse. This may be a new...
CMS Hospital Quality Star Ratings Update
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as announced earlier this year, recently updated the overall hospital quality star...
Medication assisted treatment
There is no longer any debate about the fact that America is in the midst of an opioid crisis....
Electronic Health Record Usability and Safety Challenges
February 2019 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act,...
Updated Star Ratings and List of HAC-penalized Hospitals Coming this Month
As part of the February refresh of Hospital Compare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
Funding Opportunities
The South Dakota Department of Health, Tobacco Control Program is pleased to announce the Tobacco Disparities Grant which is...
CMS releases update on therapy caps and functional reporting
Updates to Reflect Removal of Functional Reporting Requirements and Therapy Provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.Therapists must...
MedPAC Releases Recommendations to Congress
At the January meeting, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommended that Congress increase the rate for hospital...
CDC Opioids Training Modules
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain provides recommendations for safer...
