Wakefield, MA. - January 9, 2006 - The VSI Alliance (VSIA) today announced the release of the QIP (Quality IP) Metric Version 2.0 following an extensive beta program that began in June 2005. Companies ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Quality improvement is a broad term as it applies to health care, and as a major payer for the End-Stage Kidney ...
SAN FRANCISCO — The Virtual Socket Interface Alliance (VSIA) said Tuesday (Dec. 13) that Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC), a Japanese research consortium, was among the first ...
On Dec. 29, 2010, CMS issued the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Quality Incentive Program (QIP) Final Rule, which applies to Medicare outpatient ESRD dialysis providers and facilities (published on ...
A new analysis reveals penalties levied under a CMS program to improve the quality of care at dialysis centers did not lead to significant change. Penalization under the End-Stage Renal Disease ...
Health care reform is built on three pillars: coverage, affordability and quality. Any one of these pursuits is useless without the others. What good is coverage if the options are unaffordable? What ...