by gpqinadmin | Jan 6, 2015 | Archived
The official blog for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) responsible for Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP. For more information, please visit www.cms.gov The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today released data on the quality of care...
by gpqinadmin | Dec 17, 2014 | Archived
One mission of CMS is to ensure that patients admitted to the hospital receive proper care from their physicians as well as an effective discharge plan. The idea is that if patients leave with a future-care plan in place, they will not walk back through hospital doors...
by gpqinadmin | Dec 12, 2014 | Archived
Schieke Retirement Press Release December 2014 December 11, 2014 Tina Georgy, RN, MS Chief Executive Officer Great Plains Quality Innovation Network TGeorgy@cimro.com Great Plains QIN...
by gpqinadmin | Dec 11, 2014 | Archived
In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed a bill to make Medicare a part of Social Security coverage. The new bill went into effect July 1966 and expanded the 30-year-old Social Security program to provide hospital care, nursing home care, home nursing service and...
by gpqinadmin | Dec 11, 2014 | Archived
A report released by the Department of Health and Human Services today shows an estimated 50,000 fewer patients died in hospitals and approximately $12 billion in health care costs were saved as a result of a reduction in hospital-acquired conditions from 2010 to...
