The end-stage renal disease program has often been the vanguard of proposed changes in Medicare payment systems. Most visible amongst these in recent years is the creation of an ESRD value-based ...

The What: Contemporary Research has unveiled three new QIP Dual Program IPTV Encoders, which will join its HD video origination product line. The new QIP IPTV Encoders offer the same features as the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Despite its scope, the ESRD [quality incentive program] QIP has not been independently evaluated, and it ...

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 ...

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 ...