| Subject: | TJC Announces Plans to Adopt Seven Quality Measures from 2008 OPPS |
| Category: | The Joint Commission (TJC)
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| Published: | Tue, 20 Nov 2007 - 06:00 am |
| The Joint Commission (TJC) has announced plans to adopt the seven quality measures included in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 2008 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule. According to TJC, the seven hospital outpatient measures have been added to the current set of core measures and may be used to satisfy ORYX performance measurement requirements. The new outpatient measure set will help hospitals meet multiple measurement requirements with a... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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