The Department of Health and Human Services affirmed on Thursday that it will initiate a process to postpone the date by which certain health care entities have to comply with the 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), according to a HHS press release.

The move by HHS comes on the heels of [...]

Marilyn Tavenner, acting head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said today that CMS will extend the ICD-10 implementation timeline, according to ModernHealthcare.com.

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services has asked hospitals participating in the American College of Surgeons’ National Surgical Quality Improvement Program to begin voluntarily reporting surgical outcomes on the Hospital Compare website.

Hospitals that participate in Medicare’s Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program have until March 1 to preview their performance on the new Medicare spending per beneficiary measure and correct any errors before the data is submitted to the Hospital Compare Website in April.

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday added data provided by hospitals on central line-associated bloodstream infections to the Department of Health & Human Services’ Hospital Compare site.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality identified four clear strengths influencing patient safety as well as three areas presenting opportunity for improvement with the release of its 2012 user comparative database report on the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture.

In a report provided to the Health Information Technology Policy Committee, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported paying approximately $1.3 billion in Medicare payments and $1.1 billion in Medicaid payments for meaningful use of electronic health records in 2011.