CMS' High Reliability Learning Series

Join Dr. Tejal Gandhi, Chief Safety and Transformation Officer at Press Ganey, and Dr. Michelle Schreiber, Director of the Quality Measurement and Value-Based Incentives Group at CMS, as they dive into CMS’ plans to use “all the levers at our disposal, including expanded and improved measures of safety performance, increased transparency, and strong payment incentives to promote improved safety outcomes” as referenced in Dr. Schreiber’s blog.

Key takeaways:

• Describe current state of patient safety in the United States and progress made since 1999’s “To Err is Human” report
• Articulate CMS’ expanded and improved measures of safety performance, increased transparency, and strong payment incentives to promote improved safety outcomes