Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Our ability to effectively communicate the value of the services we deliver (or the value of any chronic care management program) is pivotal, particularly as these models emphasize outcomes and the quality of care over volume. First, these leaders must recognize the profound transformation that virtual care represents.

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p3care

MAY 31, 2024

Performance Improvement ACOs do not restrict themselves to certain defined goals instead, they take a holistic approach focusing on overall patient outcomes, cost efficiency, and quality of care. This becomes a specific reason for comprehensible improvements in patient care.

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Quality of Care Doctors Medicare Patient Experience 130

Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Home Care Association of America (HCAOA) is backing home care-focused legislation introduced by Vice President-elect J.D. The Continuous Skilled Nursing Quality Improvement Act (S.4122) Vance (R-OH) and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH). HCAOA believes that the bill is a step in the right direction.

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Nursing Quality Improvement Home Care Medicaid 96

Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Additionally, beyond the financial and operational ramifications of not adequately leveling up the patient experience, we know clinical outcomes can suffer when patients have poor perceptions of their care – and patient expectations aren't lowering. Healthcare organizations have their work cut out for them.

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Life Qi

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In this, the final article in our series on Quality Improvement (QI) heroes – we shine a spotlight on Dr Don Berwick, leading authority on QI in healthcare and founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Hailing from the US, he is recognised as a leading authority on healthcare quality and improvement.

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

APRIL 11, 2023

Public reporting of hospital quality of care could improve the care patients receive through at least two pathways. First, patients (or their physicians) could send patients to higher quality hospitals (i.e., A key question is, how well does public reporting of quality of care actually improve outcomes.

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Hospitals Quality Improvement Quality of Care Medicare 74

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.

Urgent Care 97

Urgent Care Quality Assurance Primary Care Quality Improvement 97

p3care

DECEMBER 3, 2024

These details serve as a record to ensure continuity of care and quality improvement. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implements an electronic Patient Care Reporting (ePCR) system under the Office of Health Affairs (OHA).

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Home Health Care

MAY 19, 2022

“If we do well under HHVBP, that should help prove the value of home health care,” one executive recently told me. Yet with roughly seven-and-a-half months to go, more questions about HHVBP’s broader impact on quality of care and patient access are starting to pop up. Medicare Advantage [plans] can see all of that information.”.

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Readiness Rounds

DECEMBER 4, 2024

How Can We Improve Quality and Patient Outcomes? What Are the Steps for Integration into Quality Improvement? How Can We Improve Data Management and Staff Training? This integration ensures that all aspects of patient care are aligned with the latest standards. How Do I Implement Age-Friendly Measures?

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Quality Improvement Physical Therapy Integration Hospitals 52

Cloud Blogs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Today, regulatory and market forces have led to improved transparency and enhanced consumerization, changing the face of healthcare. These shifting priorities have catalyzed the desire to track patient outcomes and cost-savings for improved quality of care.

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Integration Healthcare Quality of Care Regulations 127

Home Health Care

DECEMBER 17, 2024

By sharing insights into EVV, hospitalization alerts, start-of-care notifications, key compliance metrics and other compelling data points, we enable payers to monitor care quality, improve population health management and make more informed decisions.

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Home Care Quality Improvement Quality of Care Population Health 89

Healthcare ECONOMIST

JANUARY 27, 2023

First, they provide a nice overview of the program: The EOM is a voluntary 6-month, 2-sided, risk-based payment model for clinicians caring for Medicare patients with 7 common cancer types beginning on July 1, 2023, for 5 years. Small end-of-life cost savings were derived from a 1% reduction in hospitalizations.

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Medicare Quality Improvement Quality of Care Patient Experience 81

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Current barriers to patient access and quality improvement. This is especially true for underserved populations, who already face more financial, educational, and environmental barriers to quality care. Advancing care quality initiatives through bi-directional data collection. About David Voccola.

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NCQA

JULY 16, 2024

Despite ongoing challenges such as workforce limitations and federal support for staffing, Medicaid programs have made strides in improving access and quality of behavioral health services. Peggy emphasized that without standardized measures, states miss the opportunity for benchmarking, mutual learning and driving quality improvement.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 4, 2023

Identify your VBP fixes With the new Interim Performance Reports (IPR) out as of the last week of July, providers have a much better look into where exactly they need to make improvements to shore up performance under VBP. Striving to create a culture of quality is an important goal for home health organizations.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 11, 2024

This data can be used to benchmark performance, identify areas for improvement, and ultimately deliver better care for patients. Enhancing Quality of Care: Flatiron and NCCN will continue collaborating on quality improvement initiatives for NCCN Member Institutions.

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Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 7, 2022

“Nursing homes play a unique dual role in the long-term care continuum, serving as a place where people receive needed health care and a place they call home. 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.

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Nursing Quality of Care Quality Assurance Home Care 52

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

Healthcare decision-makers must identify the solutions that address today’s most crucial needs — variability in care, budgets (and clinicians) stretched too thin, and slow, reactive, outdated quality improvement methodologies — while recognizing the difference between legitimate concern and unfounded panic.

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KHN

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

“CMS is committed to ensuring safety and quality of care for hospital patients through a variety of initiatives,” CMS said. ” She said the hospital-acquired conditions penalty program, along with other quality-improvement programs created by the ACA, feels “very ready for a refresh.”

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JUNE 30, 2023

One reason to use the private sector is their potential ability to deliver cost savings and/or quality improvement. Alternatively, it may be difficult for the government to link reimbursement to quality. Because part of any sunk costs that are incurred may be difficult to redeploy (e.g., Market test.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2024

Arming providers with a longitudinal patient summary for conducting comprehensive risk assessments improves patient outcomes while lowering the cost of care. Equipping providers to assess member risk, increase diagnosis accuracy, and close care gaps takes risk adjustment and quality improvement to a new level.

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Quality Improvement Medicare Quality of Care Regulations 64

NCQA

DECEMBER 18, 2024

How NCQA’s Work Supports This Goal NCQA created the Race and Ethnicity Stratification Learning Network to investigate the challenges and opportunities of using race and ethnicity data for quality improvement, to gather insights on how plans are overcoming challenges and to get an early look at HEDIS measures stratified by race and ethnicity.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Key Features of the Virtual Care Accreditation Program Comprehensive Standards: The program covers both primary care and urgent care settings, providing organizations with a framework for evaluating their virtual care services.

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Quality Assurance Urgent Care Primary Care Quality Improvement 52

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

Burnout has been linked to decreased quality of care and increased safety incidents, and it can adversely impact the bottom line if physicians leave their posts and providers have to foot the bill to fill the gaps in care.

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Healthcare Prevention Quality Improvement Quality of Care 98

Healthcare ECONOMIST

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Many believe that MIPS leads to providers prioritizing reporting over quality of care, since it is (financially) better to choose metrics where the practice is already performing well rather than ones where the practice would need to improve. Robustness of metrics.

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NASHP

APRIL 20, 2023

State Medicaid agencies are taking proactive steps to ensure quality of care and access to behavioral health services. MCOs may earn the withheld amount by performance on six measures that have been divided into three categories: quality improvement (three measures), care management (one measure), and behavioral health (two measures).

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Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The original Home Health Value‐Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model provided financial incentives to home health agencies for quality improvement based on their performance relative to other agencies in their state.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Unlocking data silos using Federated Computing (FC) has the potential to achieve a positive impact across the healthcare industry, ranging from clinical care quality improvement and accreditation to population health management, precision public health and equitable drug development.

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Life Sciences Population Health Quality Improvement Healthcare Providers 64

NCQA

JUNE 27, 2023

Service Coordination and Monitoring: “MCOs did not adequately coordinate or monitor beneficiaries’ quality of care.” Measuring and Improving Performance: Organizations perform continuous quality improvement of their LTSS program and identify actionable steps to improve care for their members.

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NCQA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

NCQA’s Virtual Care Accreditation program provides a quality improvement framework for organizations that deliver primary care and/or urgent care through virtual modalities. Benefits of Virtual Care Accreditation Virtual health care is now a core function of the care delivery system.

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Urgent Care Primary Care Quality Assurance Patient Experience 59

Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 22, 2022

The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) developed this implementation guide to help palliative care teams implement and collect data for two patient-reported outcome performance measures (PROPMs) for quality improvement (QI) and regulatory reporting efforts. Description of the Measures.

Patient Experience 52

Patient Experience Quality Improvement Medicare Quality of Care 52

Home Health Care

APRIL 30, 2024

Moreover, the current fee-for-service model does not allow us to adopt innovative approaches such as value-based care, which could benefit our clients and align with the services provided by our home health partners. Cleamon Moorer Jr.,

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Home Care Medicaid Accountability Quality Improvement 98

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2023

In order to achieve the desired levels of quality improvement and labor cost savings, healthcare systems must use new care models that leverage technology and virtual care in all acute care settings. Virtual care elevates bedside care, allowing our valued clinicians to function at the top of their licenses.

Hospitals 98

Hospitals Life Sciences Patient Safety Quality Improvement 98

Cloud Blogs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Today, regulatory and market forces have led to improved transparency and enhanced consumerization, changing the face of healthcare. These shifting priorities have catalyzed the desire to track patient outcomes and cost-savings for improved quality of care.

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Integration Healthcare Quality of Care Regulations 73

Sequence Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Additionally, regular assessments of patient satisfaction through surveys enable centers to refine services, fostering greater patient retention and improved care quality. Improving Health Outcomes Effective medication schedule management is strongly associated with better health outcomes.

Patient Experience 52

Patient Experience Quality Improvement Integration Healthcare Providers 52

Lexis Nexis

JUNE 30, 2022

Hospitals are all about data — clinical, administrative, and operational information are key to quality improvement and financial success. Quality varies from member to member. That is the future — many more factors than just costs will influence how people perceive quality of care.”. to meet their own needs.

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