National Quality Forum news and information

Medicare's inpatient rehabilitation facility payment rates could increase by up to 2% in fiscal 2014, under a rule proposed by the CMS.
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A Houston-based health system and an Oakland, Calif.-based integrated health plan are among the three 2012 recipients of the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards, given jointly by the National Quality Forum and the Joint Commission.
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The Measure Applications Partnership, a group of healthcare experts convened by the National Quality Forum to provide pre-rulemaking guidance to HHS, has released its second annual round of recommendations on quality measures for use in federal health programs.
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Partnering with the National Quality Forum, Modern Healthcare will profile the winner of the annual NQF award, which recognizes a healthcare organization for its proactive and exemplary response to the national call for quality improvement and accountability.
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Inpatients at Mountain States Health Alliance have forms attached to their beds, but instead of vital statistics, these forms note their favorite foods, special memories and other personal details.
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In addition to this year's winner, since the National Quality Healthcare Award was created in 1993, some 18 hospitals and health systems have been named as winners of the award and six organizations have received honorable mention or special recognition. The award is given in partnership with...
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Through its systemic approach to quality, Mountain States Health Alliance has positioned itself to have a regional role in the world of accountable care.
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The National Quality Forum's annual National Quality Healthcare Award recipient is selected through a blinded review by a panel of judges representing purchasers, government, health systems, clinicians and consumers. The award is given in partnership with Modern Healthcare.
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Despite a recent challenge by a group of prominent health systems, the National Quality Forum's board of directors has voted to uphold its endorsement of an all-cause readmissions measure, developed by the CMS and researchers at Yale University.
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A group of eight large hospitals and health systems are taking the National Quality Forum to task, decrying its endorsement of a measure on readmissions and questioning its consensus-reaching process.
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