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ACO Reporting- A Patient-Centered Approach

p3care

An ACO (Accountable Care Organization) works for the better care of patients. They aim to improve your health by ensuring that you get custom care according to your needs while cutting costs. For instance, patient and caregiver experience, care coordination, and patient safety.

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First Do No Harm

Briggs Healthcare

and Jonathan Blum, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – names you may recognize from CMS National Stakeholder Calls. Ensuring patient safety is at the heart of the Hippocratic Oath: First, Do No Harm. Protecting patients must always remain our first priority. The authors are Lee Fleisher, MD.,

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Voices: Beth Ann Longo, Associate Director, Department of Research, The Joint Commission

Home Health Care

Longo : There are nearly 11,000 home health agencies that report data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. I’d like to point out that accreditation is regarded as a well-established mechanism for promoting quality and patient safety in health care. The data are publicly available and include the CMS star ratings.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

States such as Texas, Wyoming , and New Jersey are adopting Medicaid reimbursement of collaborative care services and are addressing capacity to transition to CoCM. Integration of Substance Use Services and Supports States can align long siloed approaches to primary care, mental health, and substance use services through integration efforts.