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Mentioning the clarification on venezuela. I, too, was noticing this week the comments that dialogue cannot be what was the comment dialogue should not just be dialogue for dialogues sake. It has to be dialogue with an end point of action. And those are the actions that we both want to see. So i certainly agree with you on that. Not just dialogue for dialogues sake. Otherwise running out the clock. Exactly. No resolution. We have 0 hold them accountable. To demonstrate our disapproval. And on cu...

Despite the significant challenges to improving U.S. health outcomes while reducing healthcare spending, I am heartened by the exciting ways in which government organizations and the private sector are innovating and deploying new technologies that can achieve these goals.

On September 5, 2023, CMS released a new, voluntary state total cost of care model called the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Model. CMS...

On September 5, 2023, CMS released a new, voluntary state total cost of care model called the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Model.

ChristianaCare in Newark, DE has halved the national sepsis mortality rate by treating it like other illnesses.

Use of the measure hasn't lowered mortality rates, they say

Six leading healthcare associations have written new recommendations to CMS on behalf of U.S. hospitals to refine the rule on sepsis care.

On August 28, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final payment rule for inpatient and long-term care hospitals (“LTCH”) that builds on the Biden-Harris...

This Viewpoint explores a critical source of administrative burden and physician frustration—the explosive growth of health care quality metrics—and how improvi

Some hospitals were able to outperform others in a commercial insurer episode-based incentive program, but there was little evidence of global reductions in episode spending.