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Enhancing Quality Improvement Adoption in US Nursing Homes

Briggs Healthcare

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated and illuminated quality failings in nursing homes, persistent equity issues, and the system- and policy-level factors that contribute to their endurance.

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NCQA Launches Virtual Care Accreditation Pilot

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

What You Should Know: – The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has initiated the Virtual Care Accreditation Pilot program, a significant step in developing a quality improvement framework for organizations offering care through telehealth or digital platforms.

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NCQA Launches Virtual Care Accreditation Program

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

What You Should Know: – The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has introduced a groundbreaking new program designed to evaluate and accredit organizations offering virtual care services.

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Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model: HHVBP Newsletter – June 2022

Briggs Healthcare

JUNE 28, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Presenters recommended the use of solutions customized to specific groups, as well as engaging with patients and community organizations as key stakeholders when developing quality improvement models and strategies. Literature Link: Health Equity.

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Social Determinants: Our Statement with TJC, NQF Was Just the Start

NCQA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Quality advocates curious about how digital quality measurement can advance health equity should read our statement (from NCQA, The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum ) about how Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR ® ) can integrate SDOH data across health records. Keep reading to find out!

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The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality

Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 7, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The 1986 Institute of Medicine report Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes identified a range of challenges to the quality of care in nursing homes. High-quality research is needed to advance the quality of care in nursing homes.

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CPT Code for Marriage Counseling: An Ultimate Guide

Etactics

JUNE 21, 2024

CPT codes are a part of a standardized system created by the American Medical Association (AMA) in hopes of better streamlining the billing and documenting processes in healthcare. When discussing CPT codes, there are three categories you should be familiar with in this evolving healthcare landscape. First, we have Category I codes.

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State Use of Behavioral Health Performance Measures in Medicaid Managed Care Contracting

NASHP

APRIL 17, 2023

Performance measurement is a pillar of state Medicaid managed care quality improvement and oversight efforts, is often factored into plan payment, and supports public reporting.

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State Approaches to Behavioral Health Measures in Medicaid Managed Care

NASHP

APRIL 17, 2023

Performance measurement is a pillar of state quality improvement and oversight. Notably, all of the measures in Table 1 are Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures or included in at least one of the CMS core measure sets. It is often factored into plan payment, and it supports public reporting.

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Primary Care Case Management in Medicaid: A Strategy for Supporting Primary Care in Rural Areas

NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

Rural Healthcare Workforce. For example, to move from tier 3 to tier 4, the provider must meet all the requirements of tier 3 and several new requirements, such as having a well-established quality improvement process. Health Place. 2009 Sep;15(3):731-40. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.12.007. 2008.12.007. Epub 2009 Jan 10.

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Medical Call Center vs Emergency Dispatch Center

Sequence Health

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In healthcare, understanding the difference between a medical call center and an emergency dispatch center is essential. For healthcare organizations, choosing the right solution improves patient care, streamlines operations, and promotes public safety.

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State Community Health Worker Models

NASHP

DECEMBER 10, 2021

NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance. In addition, Coordinated Care Organizations are required to include traditional healthcare workers, like CHWs, on their care teams. Some CHWs are employed by healthcare providers and insurers, but many are employed by other community-based organizations.

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About This Resource Guide: Promising Practices to Address Health Disparities

NASHP

MAY 8, 2023

Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement Public Health : The science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. 39 These regulations also do not apply in the context of data collection as part of quality improvement in health care. Source: Cara James et al.,

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Data Strategies to Understand and Address Health Disparities

NASHP

MAY 8, 2023

Regardless, most experts note that striking the right balance between securing data quality and determining when data are complete enough to advance policymaking can be challenging — suggesting a continuous quality improvement approach. National efforts to standardize are useful to inform state approaches.

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Enhancing Quality Improvement Adoption in US Nursing Homes

NCQA Launches Virtual Care Accreditation Pilot

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Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model: HHVBP Newsletter – June 2022

Social Determinants: Our Statement with TJC, NQF Was Just the Start

The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality

CPT Code for Marriage Counseling: An Ultimate Guide

State Use of Behavioral Health Performance Measures in Medicaid Managed Care Contracting

State Approaches to Behavioral Health Measures in Medicaid Managed Care

Primary Care Case Management in Medicaid: A Strategy for Supporting Primary Care in Rural Areas

Medical Call Center vs Emergency Dispatch Center

State Community Health Worker Models

About This Resource Guide: Promising Practices to Address Health Disparities

Data Strategies to Understand and Address Health Disparities

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