As the healthcare industry ushers in a new era of accountability, some suggest that Medicare’s decision to stop paying for preventable conditions won’t have a big impact on the bottom line, according to the Wall Street Journal Health Blog.

A Pennsylvania congressman has introduced a bill to implement value-based purchasing (VBP) on a national scale.

CMS last week announced the approval of DNV Healthcare, Inc. as a deeming authority for U.S. hospitals. DNV is the first new organization to receive deeming authority for hospitals in more than 30 years.