Healthcare Success

MAY 31, 2022

It is well-established that longer patient wait times negatively impact patient satisfaction , specifically regarding patient confidence (in the provider) and perceived quality of care. With recent advancements in technology and an explosion of non-urgent care options (e.g., Patient reviews have a greater reach than ever before.

Private Practices 246

Private Practices Patient Experience Urgent Care Telemedicine 246

Patient Safety Movement

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

NEW FEDERAL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE NURSING HOME SAFETY The White House has just announced a plan to improve the safety and quality of care in the nation’s nursing homes, aimed to protect seniors from an industry known for its lack of accountability. The AEBP is available without charge to hospitals online.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Nursing Hospitals Accountability 52

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In fact, patients have generally become more amenable to being treated remotely , further supporting the move to add telehealth tools to the patient care arsenal. Increasing The Quality of Care at Home Without Adding to The Burden. You could be excused for thinking this would just replace one problem with another.

Hospitals 98

Hospitals Telemedicine Nursing Health Data 98

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 20, 2023

What’s worse, a considerable portion of this is preventable. For example, we survey hospitals to ensure that, among other things, the facility and the doctors, nurses, and other staff have adequate qualifications, training, and experience to keep patients safe. And we hold facilities accountable when they fail to meet those standards.

Patient Safety 40

Patient Safety Medicaid Medicare Quality of Care 40

GoMoHealth

JULY 7, 2021

Simply put, value-based care seeks to reduce spending while improving treatment outcomes. It ties reimbursement for treatment to the quality of care provided and rewards providers for both efficiency and effectiveness.

Healthcare Providers 74

Healthcare Providers Integration Quality of Care Accountability 74

Briggs Healthcare

JULY 1, 2022

The overall policy goal of this proposed rule is to establish Conditions of Participation (CoPs) to ensure the health and safety of patients who will receive REH services in the most efficient manner possible, while taking into consideration the access and quality of care needs of an REH’s patient population.

Performance improvement 52

Performance improvement Hospitals Nursing Prevention 52

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. The key outcome is to be sure that frontline staff have everything they need to deliver superior care and experience.

Performance improvement 52

Performance improvement Patient Experience Accountability Hospitals 52

Sheppard Health Law

JULY 7, 2022

prevent HCSPs or insurers from providing provider-specific cost or quality of care information to referring providers, the HCSPs or insurer sponsors, enrollees, insureds or eligible enrollees or insureds of the HCSPs or insurers.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Quality of Care Doctors Healthcare Providers 52

NASHP

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The project is supported by the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant, the Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, and the Mid-Iowa Health Foundation. Trainings must include community-based and cultural competency for delivering person-centered care and facilitating access to community-based resources.

Medicaid 59

Medicaid Nursing Regulations Hospitals 59

Etactics

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Preventing denial codes is essential if you want to keep a steady revenue flow. This is an easily preventable billing error, which we are going to go over in this blog. R0070 - The transportation of personnel and portable X-ray equipment to nursing homes or other residency. 99397 - Preventive exam (over the age 65).

Medicare 52

Medicare Medicaid Medical Services Prevention 52

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

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Integration 52

Integration Population Health Patient Experience Nursing 52

Patient Safety Movement

APRIL 1, 2023

Save the Date: June 1-2, 2023 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit The 10-year anniversary marks professionals like you making a significant difference in eliminating preventable medical errors. 2 Surgi-Sign is a temporary tattoo that serves as a visible checklist to help prevent wrong-site surgeries.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Doctors Prevention Hospitals 52

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2018

The researchers recommend three strategies: first, address key modifiable risks like diet, tobacco, alcohol and drug use, activity, and obesity; then improve access to quality of care in specific areas to address chronic kidney disease and substance use disorders; and, address social determinants of health.

Quality of Care 78

Quality of Care Accountability Nursing Prevention 78

NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center is currently supporting the Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) model across seven sites in six states. This model aims to improve quality of care for children, including CYSHCN, through integrated care delivery systems that include care coordination.[12].

Medicaid 98

Medicaid Integration Quality Improvement Accountability 98

NASHP

OCTOBER 22, 2021

People with serious and life-threatening health conditions experience care needs that drive costs, including hospital admissions , emergency department utilization , and nursing home care. Promote choice and control for people with serious illness, while taking into account their unique life circumstances; 2.

Medicaid 102

Medicaid Hospice Care Integration Regulations 102

Briggs Healthcare

JULY 6, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Better infection surveillance and trained surveyors are also necessary to keep nursing homes safe and accountable. Through proper surveys, the public will know which long-term care facilities are meeting requirements set forth by CMS. Arlington, Va.,

Prevention 40

Prevention Nursing Patient Safety Quality of Care 40

Briggs Healthcare

JANUARY 18, 2023

January 18, 2023 … As part of the continuing efforts under President Biden’s initiative to improve nursing home transparency, safety and quality, and accountability, today the U.S. No nursing home resident should be improperly diagnosed with schizophrenia or given an inappropriate antipsychotic.

Nursing 52

Nursing Quality of Care Home Care Accountability 52

Vie Healthcare

JULY 12, 2023

I’m also big into educating and empowering more people on ways they can live healthier lives and avoid preventable disease. Since 2007, Jim has been a registered nurse working in critical care, perioperative services, and outpatient settings at nationally recognized medical facilities across three states.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Nursing Patient Experience Hospitals 52

Briggs Healthcare

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Today’s announcement is part of a series of new actions the Biden-Harris Administration is taking to increase accountability of bad actors in the nursing home industry, improve the quality of nursing homes and make them safer. We are demanding better, because our seniors deserve better.”.

Nursing 40

Nursing Accountability Quality Improvement Quality of Care 40

Briggs Healthcare

JUNE 30, 2022

This will help better identify potential noncompliance with CMS’s nurse staffing requirements, such as lack of a registered nurse for eight hours each day, or lack of licensed nursing for 24 hours a day. This guidance will help to uncover instances of insufficient staffing and yield higher quality care.

Nursing 75

Nursing Prevention Quality of Care Accountability 75

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

The commission was created in the New Hampshire Legislature in 2000 (NH RSA Chapter 12-J), which established the Alcohol Fund, directing a part of proceed from sales of alcohol to prevention, harm reduction treatment, and recovery services. An action plan dashboard tracks targets.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Integration Primary Care Nursing 52

HIT Consultant

JUNE 22, 2022

Hospitals are increasingly turning to value-based care initiatives to transform care delivery, lower the total cost of care, and improve patient outcomes. the number of patient visits), providers are reimbursed based on the quality of care delivered in value-based care.

Hospitals 98

Hospitals Medicare Primary Care Care Transition 98

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. T)he benefit will be made available in all care settings including the community, nursing facilities, and assisted living facilities.”

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Quality Assurance Quality of Care Hospitals 52

HIT Consultant

JULY 18, 2022

Stephanie Queen, Chief Nursing Officer and SVP of Clinical Services at Air Methods. Critical care workers are all human. Technology solutions can be a key component of keeping a clinician accountable to themselves. No one would argue that a crisis is looming for healthcare professionals and their employers.

Doctors 98

Doctors Hospitals Healthcare Integration 98

NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

[ii] These shortages of primary care providers (PCPs), who serve as the entry point to medical care and often play a large role in coordinating patient care, create challenges for residents of rural areas, the PCPs who serve them, and the Medicaid agencies responsible for providing access to services for program participants throughout the state.

Primary Care 65

Primary Care Medicaid Accountability Quality Improvement 65

Home Health Care

MAY 2, 2022

With the unveiling of the Biden administration’s nursing home reforms, which include increased health and safety inspections by the U.S. The reforms are meant to not only “protect vulnerable residents” and health care workers, but also to crack down on “bad actors” in the nursing home industry.

Nursing 105

Nursing Accountability Quality of Care Medicaid 105

Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Improving Access to Behavioral Health Care Providers The Proposed Rule would expand MA network adequacy requirements to encompass outpatient behavioral health in order to improve access to behavioral health care providers.

Medicare 59

Medicare Medicaid Regulations Integration 59

NASHP

JUNE 22, 2022

This section of the guide outlines considerations, examples, and resources for: Identifying stakeholders and establishing partnerships across care coordination and child-serving systems. Assessing care coordination system capacity, gaps, and process improvements. Financing care coordination systems. Meet quality requirements.

Care Transition 52

Care Transition Medicaid Doctors Regulations 52

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 1, 2022

The President believes we must improve the quality of our nursing homes so that seniors, people with disabilities, and others living in nursing homes get the reliable, high-quality care they deserve. million people live in over 15,500 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes across the nation.

Quality of Care 40

Quality of Care Nursing Accountability Medicaid 40