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- Most Kentucky Hospitals Did Average Or Better In New Patient Satisfaction Ratings; Seven Got Top Rating And Six Got Bottom Rating
Most of the Kentucky hospitals that were rated on a newly released five-star scale for patient satisfaction got three and four stars. Seven of them got a five-star rating and six got a two-star rating, the lowest rating given to any of the Kentucky hospitals...
- Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky Wants A Claims Database To Increase Transparency About Health-care Cost And Quality In Ky.
Kentucky has experienced rapid changes in health care since the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the next step is to implement a program that will provide more transparency about the cost and quality of health care...
- Most Kentucky Hospitals Will Pay Medicare Penalties Under Health Reform, One The Country's Largest; Look Them Up Here
More Kentucky hospitals are receiving penalties than bonuses in the second year of Medicare?s quality incentive programs, one of the federal health reform law?s changes designed to create financial rewards for doctors and hospitals to provide better care....
- Kentucky And Online Audiences Hear Discussion Of Proposed System For Patients To Report Medical Errors; Comments Due July 8
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The Obama administration is creating a new system for patients to report medical mistakes because existing systems fail to do so, and if all goes as planned, the pilot program will launch this fall, a federal official...
- Safety-net Hospitals Could Get Hit Hardest In Oct. When Patient Ratings Will Influence Medicare And Medicaid Payments
When hospitals start getting paid based on the perceived quality of care they provide to their Medicare and Medicaid patients, so-called "safety net" hospitals, a last resort for the poor, could be the losers in the equation. That's because a main...
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Northern Kentucky included in Medicaid's pilot program to increase data about quality of health care
The Health Improvement Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati, which includes much of Northern Kentucky, is included as one of three regions to participate in a program designed to bolster availability of information about doctors, hospitals and health care providers, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced. According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the new program will match private data with Medicare claims data to create comprehensive reports on provider performance. The other two organizations selected are Kansas City Quality Improvement Consortium and the Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation.
The program will place quality markers on those receiving Medicare claims data. For example, they must show that they can manage and process consumer-focused data, can prevent breaches of protected health information and that they are working with private insurers in order to produce comprehensive reports on provider performance. The program is also intended to protect patient privacy, enforcing strong penalties if Medicare data is misued.
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The program will place quality markers on those receiving Medicare claims data. For example, they must show that they can manage and process consumer-focused data, can prevent breaches of protected health information and that they are working with private insurers in order to produce comprehensive reports on provider performance. The program is also intended to protect patient privacy, enforcing strong penalties if Medicare data is misued.
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- Most Kentucky Hospitals Did Average Or Better In New Patient Satisfaction Ratings; Seven Got Top Rating And Six Got Bottom Rating
Most of the Kentucky hospitals that were rated on a newly released five-star scale for patient satisfaction got three and four stars. Seven of them got a five-star rating and six got a two-star rating, the lowest rating given to any of the Kentucky hospitals...
- Foundation For A Healthy Kentucky Wants A Claims Database To Increase Transparency About Health-care Cost And Quality In Ky.
Kentucky has experienced rapid changes in health care since the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the next step is to implement a program that will provide more transparency about the cost and quality of health care...
- Most Kentucky Hospitals Will Pay Medicare Penalties Under Health Reform, One The Country's Largest; Look Them Up Here
More Kentucky hospitals are receiving penalties than bonuses in the second year of Medicare?s quality incentive programs, one of the federal health reform law?s changes designed to create financial rewards for doctors and hospitals to provide better care....
- Kentucky And Online Audiences Hear Discussion Of Proposed System For Patients To Report Medical Errors; Comments Due July 8
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News The Obama administration is creating a new system for patients to report medical mistakes because existing systems fail to do so, and if all goes as planned, the pilot program will launch this fall, a federal official...
- Safety-net Hospitals Could Get Hit Hardest In Oct. When Patient Ratings Will Influence Medicare And Medicaid Payments
When hospitals start getting paid based on the perceived quality of care they provide to their Medicare and Medicaid patients, so-called "safety net" hospitals, a last resort for the poor, could be the losers in the equation. That's because a main...