tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 7

Hospitals: How Hospitals Can Avoid A Medicare Pay Cut

Submitting quality data is the key.Hospitals need to participate in CMS' quality reporting initiative if they don't want to miss out on all the Medicare reimbursement the government is making available to them. Congress has approved higher pay for hospitals that submit quality performance data - and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Jan 28 started laying the groundwork for what they must do to qualify for the added reimbursement."Public reporting of quality measures is a mainstay of the administration's Quality Reporting Initiative," says CMS Acting Administrator Dennis Smith. "Today's notice is especially important for...

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