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NCQA Launches Virtual Care Accreditation Pilot

HIT Consultant

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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What We Learned from Our Virtual Care Accreditation Pilot

NCQA

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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MIPS 2021: All About the Promoting Interoperability Measures

p3care

It replaced three pre-existing quality-reporting programs (PQRS, VBM, and MU) and made a single system with categories, based on which a score is determined called the MIPS composite or final score. Improvements Activities (IA). Categories. There are four categories in the MIPS program, which are. Promoting Interoperability (PI).

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MIPS 2021: All About the Promoting Interoperability Measures

p3care

It replaced three pre-existing quality-reporting programs (PQRS, VBM, and MU) and made a single system with categories, based on which a score is determined called the MIPS composite or final score. Improvements Activities (IA). Categories. There are four categories in the MIPS program, which are. Promoting Interoperability (PI).

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NCQA Launches Virtual Care Accreditation Program

HIT Consultant

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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Amedisys, DispatchHealth Add New Chief People Officers; Cypress Living Names HCBS VP

Home Health Care

Originally launched as an in-home urgent care startup, Denver-based DispatchHealth delivers higher-acuity care – including offering hospital-level care – in the home. DispatchHealth names MJ Vigil as its chief people officer. Vigil joins DispatchHealth with over 25 years of human resources experience.

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The 7 Deadly Sins to AVOID When Fostering Patient Engagement

Medical GPS

Sin #1: Restrict or Limit Access to Care – In today’s consumer-driven healthcare environment patients are seeking fast, efficient, convenient care. The explosion of walk-in clinics and urgent care facilities over the last several years speaks volumes to the consequence of NOT having open access.