Maria Castellucci covers safety and quality topics for Modern Healthcare’s website and print edition. Castellucci is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago and started working at Modern Healthcare in September 2015.
The CMS is working to improve a new rule requiring hospitals to post chargemaster prices on their websites after experts said the data wouldn't help consumers, Administrator Seema Verma said Thursday.
Press Ganey has promoted Joe Greskoviak to CEO of the patient satisfaction consultancy. Longtime CEO Patrick Ryan is now executive chairman.
A new study in Health Affairs found that changes in coding practices among hospitals influenced reported decreases in readmissions rates.
NYC Health & Hospitals/Bellevue has invested $400,000 to help roughly 300 patients transition to a plant-based diet. A growing body of research shows vegetable-based diets can prevent and reverse chronic diseases.
Considering the pressure the CMS has faced over the past year to address concerns that accrediting agencies face conflicts of interest, some industry observers think the agency could make meaningful changes to how accreditors operate.
Risk was the buzzword for healthcare quality and safety in 2018. The CMS strongly pushed value-based payment and downside risk on providers, but the agency was largely silent on patient-safety issues.
