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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. Can nursing homes improve quality by focusing on culture, trust, and will?

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ACO Reporting- A Patient-Centered Approach

p3care

MAY 31, 2024

So, under the umbrella of ACO reporting services , surveys are conducted with the help of a tool named CAHPS (Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) to collect data regarding patient experiences which also point out the areas where improvement is required for physicians.

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How to Improve Your VBP Scores and Boost Medicare Payments

Home Health Care

AUGUST 4, 2023

Since CMS standardized it in 2018, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement program, or QAPI, has served as a guiding light for home-based care providers. The program is the process by which a home-based care provider measures its quality metrics. Nurses, home health aides, therapists — even schedulers.

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Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) Launches March 15, 2023

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 9, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Beginning Spring 2023, the Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) will provide training and resources to skilled nursing facility staff who care for residents with a variety of behavioral health conditions.

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States Build Capacity to Address Maternal Mortality through Policy Innovations

NASHP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

After discussion with IDPH, Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) also established a prenatal and postpartum care HEDIS (Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set) measure performance improvement project for Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) to identify and close a health disparity gap.

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State Oversight and Innovations in Medicaid-Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Serving Older Adults and People with Disabilities

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

California does cover skilled nursing facility care in its MLTSS program, but most personal care services (in-home supportive services) are provided under FFS. The state uses these data to identify gaps in care and develop performance improvement activities to address quality problems and disparities in access.

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Changing Your Healthcare Mindset with Rhone D’Errico | E. 63

Vie Healthcare

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Rhone shares the benefits of LinkedIn as a mindset platform, the skills unique to Nursing Practitioners and how students in search of preceptorships can benefit by taking the ‘’cookie basket to the clinic’’. Episode Introduction The pandemic forced health systems to explore new ways of delivering care and education.

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First Do No Harm

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 20, 2023

For example, we survey hospitals to ensure that, among other things, the facility and the doctors, nurses, and other staff have adequate qualifications, training, and experience to keep patients safe. And we hold facilities accountable when they fail to meet those standards.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) pairs registered nurses with low-income first-time mothers during pregnancy and continues with regular home visits until the child’s second birthday. State Medicaid authorities can use the Healthy Steps Return on Investment tools to examine the program’s impact on the state budget and outcomes.

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

NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

Perhaps the most important is to identify specific goals and objectives early on to guide the details of design, such as the choice of quality metrics for incentive payments. In addition, it is important to build in measurement at the start and to think of state efforts as iterative — moving to tackle new priorities as performance improves.

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State Policy Considerations to Support Equitable Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

NASHP

MARCH 29, 2024

Paid Family Caregiving Colorado Colorado allows family members of Medicaid-enrolled CYSHCN to be paid for providing care to their children by becoming licensed as certified nursing aides. skilled nursing, home health care, behavioral health, etc.) are another key challenge related to access to services for CYSHCN.

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Expanding the Perinatal Workforce through Medicaid Coverage of Doula and Midwifery Services

NASHP

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Monitor and evaluate quality improvement and outcomes and address barriers to care. Most states require CNMs to follow the same licensure requirements as advanced practice nurses (APRNs). In recent years, states are increasingly establishing licensure for midwives without a nursing degree (e.g.,

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Administration Strengthens Oversight of Nation’s Poorest-Performing Nursing Homes

Briggs Healthcare

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Today’s announcement is part of a series of new actions the Biden-Harris Administration is taking to increase accountability of bad actors in the nursing home industry, improve the quality of nursing homes and make them safer. We are demanding better, because our seniors deserve better.”.

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Health Care Quality Digest

Enhancing Quality Improvement Adoption in US Nursing Homes

ACO Reporting- A Patient-Centered Approach

Trending Sources

How to Improve Your VBP Scores and Boost Medicare Payments

Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) Launches March 15, 2023

States Build Capacity to Address Maternal Mortality through Policy Innovations

State Oversight and Innovations in Medicaid-Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Serving Older Adults and People with Disabilities

Changing Your Healthcare Mindset with Rhone D’Errico | E. 63

First Do No Harm

Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

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

State Policy Considerations to Support Equitable Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

Expanding the Perinatal Workforce through Medicaid Coverage of Doula and Midwifery Services

Administration Strengthens Oversight of Nation’s Poorest-Performing Nursing Homes

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