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Executive Leadership Rounds: 9 Steps to Improve HCAHPS + Staff Engagement & Retention

Readiness Rounds

AUGUST 14, 2023

In hospitals, where patient experience is important and quality of care is non-negotiable, a subtle yet profound practice has emerged as a catalyst for positive change: Executive Leadership Rounds. Unpacking Leadership Rounds: Leadership Rounds is a dynamic practice in hospitals that brings leaders, staff, and together.

Performance improvement

Performance improvement Patient Experience Accountability Hospitals

First Do No Harm

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 20, 2023

A recent study found that when a patient is admitted to the hospital, harm occurs nearly 24 percent of the time. Another report revealed that nearly 1 in 4 Medicare patients have experienced harm in the hospital. Prior to COVID-19, progress was being made to improve patient safety.

Patient Safety

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Patient Flow Challenges Contributing to Provider Burnout

HIT Consultant

MAY 17, 2022

There has been frequent reporting about the problem of provider workforce shortages within hospitals and health systems and the related burnout experienced when working in high-stress situations during the Covid-19 pandemic. Conversely, a hospital with a burnout-reduction program would spend only $11,592 per nurse per year employed.

Tertiary Care

Tertiary Care Nursing Patient Experience Patient Safety

CMS Action to Expand Access to Emergency Care Services in Rural Communities

Briggs Healthcare

JULY 1, 2022

Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) are a new provider type established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 to address the growing concern over closures of rural hospitals. Critical Access Hospitals. For more information on Rural Emergency Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Conditions of Participation, visit: [link].

Performance improvement

Performance improvement Hospitals Nursing Prevention

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

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

States are hoping to achieve a number of goals with their MLTSS programs, including increasing access to home and community-based services, promoting care coordination, enhancing quality and beneficiary satisfaction, and mitigating cost growth.

Medicaid

Medicaid Nursing Medicare Integration

Final Rule Gives Home Health Agencies Breathing Room for HHVBP, Medicare Sequestration

Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

BKD is a Springfield, Missouri-based accounting services firm that provides billing and revenue cycle outsourcing services. Broadly, HHVBP has many supporters among the home health industry due to its ability to boost quality scores and Medicare savings. HHVBP is a Medicare demonstration that links reimbursement to quality of care.

Medicare

Medicare Performance improvement Medicaid Quality of Care

4 Patient Flow Challenges Contributing to Provider Burnout

HIT Consultant

JUNE 2, 2022

There has been frequent reporting about the problem of provider workforce shortages within hospitals and health systems and the related burnout experienced when working in high-stress situations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conversely, a hospital with a burnout-reduction program would spend only $11,592 per nurse per year employed.

Tertiary Care

Tertiary Care Nursing Patient Experience Patient Safety

Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

State health reform efforts increasingly focus on providing comprehensive and well-coordinated care to people with serious illness to improve quality of care and drive down costs. Reach out to state professional and hospital associations. Use the state’s palliative care task force as a resource.

Medicaid

Medicaid Quality Assurance Quality of Care Hospitals

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

NASHP

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Trainings must include community-based and cultural competency for delivering person-centered care and facilitating access to community-based resources. Doulas must also be trained in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA) and adult and infant CPR. Define scope of the Medicaid benefit.

Medicaid

Medicaid Nursing Regulations Hospitals

Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

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.

Medicaid

Medicaid Integration Primary Care Nursing

Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care

NASHP

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Serious illness is “a health condition that carries a high risk of mortality and either negatively impacts a person’s daily function or quality of life or excessively strains the caregiver.”. Promote choice and control for people with serious illness, while taking into account their unique life circumstances; 2.

Medicaid

Medicaid Hospice Care Integration Regulations

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.

Primary Care

Primary Care Medicaid Accountability Quality Improvement

Patient Engagement: A Two-Way Relationship with Lonnie Hirsch | E. 77

Vie Healthcare

JULY 12, 2023

He also explains why patient engagement is not a marketing issue, why its highest purpose is outcomes, and the need for hospitals to ‘’care for the people who care for their patients.’’ They don’t trust a hospital or a system. So in your opinion, why do hospitals miss the mark? No relationship, no trust.

Healthcare

Healthcare Nursing Patient Experience Hospitals

How State Medicaid Programs Serve Children and Youth in Foster Care

NASHP

MAY 17, 2022

13] , [14] Moreover, few CYFC with behavioral health needs receive treatment in home or community-based settings, with many accessing care in more restrictive, residential settings (e.g., residential congregate settings or inpatient psychiatric hospitals). [15] Types of Medicaid Service Delivery Models. 14] SMD-11-23-11, U.S.

Medicaid

Medicaid Integration Medicare Primary Care

Health Care Quality Digest

Executive Leadership Rounds: 9 Steps to Improve HCAHPS + Staff Engagement & Retention

First Do No Harm

Trending Sources

Patient Flow Challenges Contributing to Provider Burnout

CMS Action to Expand Access to Emergency Care Services in Rural Communities

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

Final Rule Gives Home Health Agencies Breathing Room for HHVBP, Medicare Sequestration

4 Patient Flow Challenges Contributing to Provider Burnout

Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

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

Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care

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

Patient Engagement: A Two-Way Relationship with Lonnie Hirsch | E. 77

How State Medicaid Programs Serve Children and Youth in Foster Care

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