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Contessa Rolls Out Hospital-At-Home JV With Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

Home Health Care

“We are pleased to partner with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health to provide the region with greater access to high-quality care in the comfort of patients’ homes,” Contessa CEO Travis Messina said in a press release statement. Patel said in the statement. Joseph Medical Center patients. “As

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Why Patient Portal Usability is Critical to Patient Experience

HIT Consultant

Ram Krishnan, CEO of Valant Improving patient experience is a primary concern for behavioral health providers today. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) defines the “patient experience” as “the range of interactions that patients have with the healthcare system.”

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Alternative Home Care Employment Models: From Workforce Sharing to Self-Directing Strategies

Home Health Care

Is it a mission or a vision statement or is it truly the fabric of your organization? As a leadership team, have you defined what those characteristics look and sound like? How does that align with the quadruple aim? What I mean by the fabric of your organization, its key characteristics that are palpable that you can feel.

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How Effective Patient Communication Boards Improve Safety & HCAHPS Scores

Readiness Rounds

This blog aims to address these uncertainties and provide insights into optimizing the use of patient communication boards. → Patient communication boards serve as a powerful tool to contribute to improved patient satisfaction. However, despite their widespread use, many questions still surround their effectiveness and impact.

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CMS Announces Unprecedented Quality Measure Set for Home- and Community-Based Services

Home Health Care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its first ever home- and community-based services (HCBS) quality measures Thursday. CMS is using every lever available to protect and expand coverage for all people eligible for Medicaid,” CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said in a statement. “We

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State Approaches to Leveraging Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Data to Inform Policymaking

NASHP

This report, informed by discussions with state leaders in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee, highlights state approaches to NAS data collection, analysis, and cross-agency data linkage, and how states leverage these data to inform better policy and improve health outcomes for both parents and infants. Defining NAS.

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Transparency Regulations and the Consolidated Appropriations Act: A Checklist for SEHPs

NASHP

Along with prior federal rules promoting hospital and health plan price transparency, the CAA promotes tools designed to improve health care purchasers’ decision-making with respect to health care services and network design, as well as to limit certain anti-competitive practices in provider-payer contracting. When does this go into effect?