P4P Pilot demonstrated improved pediatric care
Healthcare IT News reports on the results of a quality pilot involving a collaborative of 44 pediatric practices. The quality initiative demonstrated improved care for nearly 14,000 children with...
View ArticleOH bill may make health plans disclose medical fees
A new Ohio bill, which pertains to physicians, hospitals, outpatient clinics and ambulance services, would require health plans to provide an updated source of rate information and an online system for...
View ArticleWellPoint patients to review doctors online
Healthcare Finance Review reports WellPoint will be using a healthcare product created Zagat to allow consumers to rate their overall experience with their doctors, but will not be tied to...
View ArticleOhio Gears Up To Launch Alert System for Hospitals Statewide
From iHealthBeat: The Ohio Hospital Association will launch a Web-based hospital alert system on September 15th. The site will notify hospitals the severity of injuries of patients before they reach...
View ArticleOhio hospitals to report infection rates online by 2010
Ohio hospitals will be required to report infection information to consumers. The Hospital Measures Advisory Council, created by a 2006 law, recommended hospitals disclose common infections, and...
View ArticleNational rating system finds few stars among nursing homes in Greater...
30 percent of the nursing homes in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky are below average, while just 12 percent earn top ratings, according to a new national rating system on the CMS Nursing Home...
View ArticleOhio Department of Health to publish quality, cost information online
A state law in Ohio (2006)requires hospitals to provide quality and pricing information to the Ohio Department of Health. The DOH plan to release a consumer-friendly Web site, called Ohio Hospital...
View ArticleOhio hospitals support repeal of data rule
Daytona Daily News writes Ohio hospitals want to undo a five-year-old rule (House Bill 353) requiring disclosure of their health care quality data on a state website, claiming it duplicates a federal...
View ArticleStudy finds variation in surgical site infection monitoring and reporting by...
A study published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality finds there is wide variation in state monitoring and reporting of SSI rates. The study – Variation in Surgical Site Infection Monitoring and...
View ArticleHow to report quality to the public
Interesting article in Forbes – What Business Can Learn From Cleveland Clinic – How To Report Quality To The Public.
View ArticleTransparency: Why Cleveland Clinic Began Sharing Outcomes Data
Interesting article in Harvard Business Review on why Cleveland Clinic began measuring and public reporting its clinical outcomes data. Read more:...
View ArticleIndiana, Ohio Health Information Exchanges Begin Cross-State Data Sharing
Indianapolis-based Indiana Health Information Exchange and Cincinnati-based Health Bridge, two of the biggest and longest-standing health information exchanges in the United States, are now sharing...
View ArticleConsumer Reports Evaluates Primary Care Physician Groups on Key Performance...
Consumer Reports writes there is currently little ability to compare physician practices within the same community, let alone across the country. In a project part funded by the Robert Wood Johnson...
View ArticleCMS announces next phase initiative in new nation-wide primary care model,...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened the application period for practices to participate in the new nation-wide primary care model, Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+)....
View ArticleEnactment of Healthcare Price Transparency in Ohio Encounters Delay
Cincinnati.com writes of healthcare price transparency legistation in Ohio, which was to be enforced on January 1, but has not been. The Healthcare Price Transparency Law, which passed two years ago,...
View ArticleMore States Move Towards Transparency on Hospital Medical Fees
A roundup of some states activity in relation to healthcare price transparency: Colorado – A new law (Transparency in Health Care Prices Act) – that took effect this month requires hospitals and...
View ArticleBetter Health Partnership Compare Practices
More than 1,000 primary care providers across 65 practices in 16 health systems are Better Health members. The Compare Physicians Report Care publicly reports on…Better… The post Better Health...
View ArticleYour Health Matters Physician Care Practices Scorecard
Search for primary care practices based on information that matters most to you. Primary Care Practices are rated on how well they work with their…Your… The post Your Health Matters Physician Care...
View ArticleLong Term Care Consumer Guide
The Long-Term Care Consumer Guide contains information about each nursing home licensed by the State of Ohio and/or certified for Medicaid/Medicare by the federal government. …Long… The post Long Term...
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