Medicare’s Conditions of Participation set health and safety standards for healthcare organizations and are designed to protect patient health and safety regardless of healthcare intervention or ...

CMS published a final rule June 12 to increase oversight of the nine accrediting organizations that survey more than 9,000 healthcare organizations annually for compliance with federal health and ...

Archimedes theorized he could use a lever to move the earth, while Donald Trump has advised using leverage to seal deals. Medicare should use its leverage to move hospitals to provide better, safer ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services remains acutely focused on patient harm and will introduce new measures addressing patient safety later this year, agency leaders said at an event in ...