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Cinda Becker

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PubMed2003

Time to pay for quality. CMS will partner with premier in trial project to give financial bonuses to hospitals that deliver the best care.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is poised to announce a new pilot program in which it will partner with healthcare alliance Premier to reward top performing hospitals with recognition and, more importantly, added dollars. Though a relatively risk-free step for the nation's largest payer, it marks a seminal moment for the burgeoning paying-for-quality movement in healthcare.

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PubMed2003

Scanning for higher profits. The FDA's plan to require bar codes on commonly used medical products will do more than improve patient safety.

Omnipresent bar coding is going to get even more visible. The Food and Drug Administration has pledged to approve later this year a plan requiring bar codes on every dose of medication administered in hospitals. The FDA's initiative is garnering praise for both its capacity to improve patient safety and potential to save money.

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