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The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality

Briggs Healthcare

“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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6 Company Leaders On What The Medicaid Access Rule Means For The Future Of Home Care

Home Health Care

Home Health Care News recently caught up with these leaders to learn their in-depth thoughts about the Medicaid Access Rule. The finalization of the Medicaid Access Rule presents significant challenges for family-owned and family-operated home care agencies like ours. Here’s what six of them had to say.

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How Healthcare Facilities Can Prepare for Expanded Inclusion Criteria for Telehealth and RPM Solutions in Value-Based Care Settings

HIT Consultant

Patients are now more comfortable than ever receiving care at home, and providers are more likely to adopt solutions that make at-home care efficacious and safe. Each patient has their own set of behaviors, motivators, and barriers that impact how they respond to their care plans. And guess what? Patients loved it.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

North Carolina’s InCK program , led by Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, brings together partners from Medicaid, behavioral health, child welfare, juvenile justice, education, Title V, mobile crisis, and more to coordinate care and address the health and social needs of children in five counties.

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Protecting Seniors and People with Disabilities by Improving Safety and Quality of Care in the Nation’s Nursing Homes

Briggs Healthcare

Despite the tens of billions of federal taxpayer dollars flowing to nursing homes each year, too many continue to provide poor, sub-standard care that leads to avoidable resident harm. In fact, failure to comply with Federal guidelines at nursing homes is widespread. Establish a Minimum Nursing Home Staffing Requirement.