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Q-Centrix Chosen by Premier, Inc. to Offer Bundled Quality Data Abstraction Services

February 6, 2015

Q-Centrix, the leading data abstraction services provider in healthcare, has been chosen by Premier, Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company uniting an alliance of approximately 3,400 U.S. hospitals and 110,000 other providers, to further improve the quality of healthcare delivery. The partnership allows Premier to bundle Q-Centrix data abstraction services with its quality improvement analytics in PremierConnect®, Premier’s integrated technology platform.

Innovative Hospitals become “Top Performers” Amidst Trends of Shrinking Resources

November 21, 2014

Top Performing Hospitals Engage Q-Centrix’s Nurse-Educated, Quality Information Specialists to Abstract Quality Performance Data and Focus Internal Resources on Improving…

Q-Centrix LLC Names New Chief Business Development Officer Jim Yamshak To Accelerate Growth Of Technology-Enabled Services Businesses

October 27, 2014

Veteran Healthcare Sales Executive Joins Q-Centrix Team in Implementing Plans to Meet the Growing Role of Quality in Improving Patient…

The Quality Dollars Reimbursement Game

August 14, 2014

Quick — do you know where your hospital’s quality department is located?
If not, you’d better!

The submission of quality measures, once a voluntary act of leading institutions, should now be considered and treated as a critical element within a hospital’s strategic revenue plan, as measured both in hard and soft dollars.

Q-Centrix launches Infection Control solution in preparation for the CMS 2015 Final Rule

August 13, 2014

Portsmouth, NH: August 13, 2014 – Q-Centrix®, a leader in clinical surveillance and data abstraction solutions, released its Infection Control…

Adverse Events Tied to Unsafe Practices with Injection Therapies

July 9, 2014

The Joint Commission has put out a Sentinel Event Alert on unsafe practices tied to injection therapies. The CDC has found 49 cases of hepatitis in patients undergoing injection therapies, and the Joint Commission has found many cases in its Sentinel Event Database of the spread of hepatitis and other blood-borne pathogens due to unsafe practices with single-use and multi-use vials for injection therapies.

Proposed Update to the MSSP Puts Emphasis on Improved Outcomes

July 7, 2014

In a move criticized by some doctors’ groups, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a proposed update that increased quality measures but did not repeal the sustained growth rate formula.

Home Health Care Payments Will Be Cut in Proposed Rule Change

July 2, 2014

Home health agencies will see a large cut in payments if the proposed rule change by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services goes through. While there would be a 2.2% increase in payments, there also would be a $485 million decrease through changes to the 60-day episode rate.

New Study Suggests Caution in Using New Medical Technology

July 1, 2014

A new study published in JAMA Surgery tracked the implementation of the da Vinci procedure in prostatectomies versus the traditional surgery and found worse outcomes for the da Vinci procedure over time.

New CMS Proposed Rule Increases Transparency for Patient Outcomes

June 24, 2014

The new CMS proposed rules for physician fee schedule run the gamut from requiring more practices to share patient control data to changing the “topped out” quality control measures as a way to comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.