NQF committee updates surgery portfolio
A National Quality Forum (NQF) committee recently updated its surgery portfolio, endorsing 16 measures.
The NQF project aims to evaluate additional performance measures that will...
HIIN is actively underway but recruitment continues
The Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HIIN) is actively underway. Forty-three South Dakota hospitals are currently participating in the HIIN project with us, in collaboration...
Bunt appointed to NHPCO Quality and Standards Committee
Kristen Bunt, SDAHO's director of quality integration, has been appointed to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Quality and Standards Committee.
Bunt, whose...
Inpatient/Outpatient-Dimensions Database meeting scheduled for Feb. 9
The Inpatient and Outpatient (IPOP)/Dimensions Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 9 from noon–3:30 p.m. CST at the Sheraton Sioux Falls. Lunch will be...
CMS announces extension of 2016 reporting deadline for reporting eCQM data
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is notifying hospitals and critical access hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) and/or...
NQP issues brief assists with end-of-life conversations
A new issues brief from National Quality Partners (NQP) aims to empower individuals with advanced illness, family members and caregivers to lead decisions about...
CMS conducting Transfer of Health Information and Care Preferences quality study
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is contracting with RTI and Abt to develop and implement two quality measures designed to meet...
CMS conducting Clinical Practice Improvement Activities study
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is urging MIPS-eligible clinicians and groups to sign up for a new study to receive Clinical...
State office releases rural health clinic most common deficiencies
The South Dakota Office of Licensure and Certification has released the most common deficiencies for rural health clinics.
The office says one of the most...
CMS website offers new attestation resources
The EHR Incentive Programs attestation system opens Tuesday and will be available through Feb. 28, 2017.
Providers must attest by the attestation deadline to...
