Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

These actions continue to build on the Biden-Harris Administration’s unwavering commitment to improving the safety and quality of care in the nation’s nursing homes and President Biden’s historic Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.

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Nursing Quality of Care Accountability Medicare 40

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 2, 2022

The purpose of this primer is to provide updated information to the patient safety community about the challenges of ensuring the safe care of older adults in Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes (NHs) associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the federal and state efforts taken to mitigate these challenges. Conclusion.

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Nursing Patient Safety Quality of Care Regulations 98

NASHP

JANUARY 12, 2024

In 2024, people with Medicare and Medicaid coverage (i.e., dual eligibles) will continue to enroll in integrated managed care special needs plans or D-SNPs (Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plans). million annual appropriation for interagency collaboration on long-term care integrity and oversight.

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Medicaid Nursing Accountability Integration 64

Healthcare It News

MARCH 18, 2022

In fact, digital health companies only account for less than $10 billion of that $4 trillion in spending. Not only is this population difficult to manage for the existing care system, it is even harder for startup entrants. In the coming years, I expect to see many more companies working to solve this problem.

Medicaid 361

Medicaid Telemedicine Hospitals Clinical Practice 361

Home Health Care

APRIL 23, 2024

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership On Tuesday, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officials vehemently backed the thought process behind the “80-20” wage mandate in home- and community-based services (HCBS). Providers and advocates, on the other hand, continued to argue that the policy could be disastrous.

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Home Care Medicaid Law Firms Quality of Care 104

Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 22, 2022

In February 2022, President Biden announced a comprehensive set of reforms to improve the safety and quality of nursing home care, hold nursing homes accountable for the care they provide, and make the quality of care and facility ownership more transparent so that potential residents and their loved ones can make informed care choices. [1]

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Nursing Medicaid Quality of Care Medicare 75

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 10, 2022

nursing homes failed to meet the total care staff threshold (4.10 Contract staff accounted for 7.1% LTCCC’s Q3 2021 report can help the public, media, and policymakers identify and assess the extent to which nursing homes in their communities provided sufficient staffing to meet basic clinical and quality of life needs.

Nursing 52

Nursing Quality of Care Accountability Regulations 52

Home Health Care

JANUARY 9, 2023

She shares some best practices for building a wound care management program in today’s operating environment, and she also discusses the key ways in which providers can cut costs without sacrificing quality of care. Home Health Care News: What career experiences do you most draw from, in your role today?

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Regulations Nursing Medicare Quality of Care 87

Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 29, 2023

This comprehensive report (478 pages) summarizes results from the Nursing Home Staffing Study activities between May and December of 2022 and presents options for minimum nurse staffing requirements for consideration by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The relationship of staffing with quality and safety varies by staff type.

Nursing 52

Nursing Medicaid Medicare Accountability 52

Etactics

DECEMBER 1, 2023

However, Medicare and other insurance cover a variety of different services and supplies, some of which aren’t identified by CPT codes. These codes assist healthcare workers in reporting different medical procedures and services to health insurance programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid. This is why we have HCPCS codes. Anesthesia.

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicaid Medical Services Prevention 52

NASHP

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Arizona’s End of Life and Advanced Care Planning benefit is referenced in its MCO contracts and further described in state regulations. In Rhode Island, MCO plans of care must include “interventions to address special needs (e.g., Enhance federal advance care planning requirements. Quality and performance measures.

Medicaid 102

Medicaid Hospice Care Regulations Integration 102

NASHP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

One of these contributors, hospital consolidation, has played an outsized role in making health care less affordable for consumers and employers. The model also gives a state’s insurance commissioner or attorney general the ability to add other clauses through regulation that may result in anticompetitive effects.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Accountability Regulations Quality of Care 52

KHN

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Private equity-backed groups have even set up special “obstetric emergency departments” at some hospitals, which can charge expectant mothers hundreds of dollars extra for routine perinatal care. At least 300 of the comments were from doctors or other health care workers.

Doctors 145

Doctors Tricare Medicaid Medical Services 145

NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

High-quality, integrated care requires strong system-level partnerships, information and data sharing, and family-centered practices. In spite of these barriers, and to help address them, states have implemented innovations to improve integrated care coordination for CYSHCN. Leveraging Data and Technology.

Medicaid 98

Medicaid Integration Accountability Quality Improvement 98

KHN

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Private equity-backed groups have even set up special “obstetric emergency departments” at some hospitals, which can charge expectant mothers hundreds of dollars extra for routine perinatal care. At least 300 of the comments were from doctors or other health care workers.

Doctors 52

Doctors Tricare Medicaid Medical Services 52

NASHP

DECEMBER 23, 2022

With more than 40 percent of births financed by Medicaid, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed an action plan that corresponds with goals outlined in the White House blueprint. The licensure and certification of midwives is administered by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

Medicaid 59

Medicaid Nursing Regulations Hospitals 59

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

North Carolina’s comprehensive behavioral health approach included efforts to increase uptake of CoCM through additional training and practice supports and Medicaid rate increases to 120% of Medicare rates for behavioral health providers. An action plan dashboard tracks targets. CMS’s Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive!

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Integration Primary Care Nursing 52