Healthcare ECONOMIST

JANUARY 14, 2022

Most individuals in its catchment area were Medicaid or Medicare beneficiaries or uninsured, representing the densest noncommercial payor communities for nonpublic hospitals in the country. As a result, there was variation from standard clinical practice, such as sending patients for elective procedures through the emergency department.

Hospitals 61

Hospitals Rehabilitation Quality Improvement Accountability 61

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Sand , MD, MBA, ZeOmega’s Chief Medical Officer, provides clinical direction on product development, positioning, and relevance for the company’s evolving markets.

Population Health 98

Population Health Health Analytics Quality Assurance Medicaid 98

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Mom’s Meals, a provider of medically-tailored meals working with health plans and providers, shared results of a program run by Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) providing medically-tailored meals to dually eligible (Medicare + Medicaid) members in California.

Primary Care 85

Primary Care Medicare Prevention Medicaid 85

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 21, 2022

US hospital systems validate the safety, clinical utility, and robustness of newly FDA-approved devices, 510(k) cleared, before adopting them into clinical practice. Rolland Carlson, CEO of Immunexpress. There is a clear incentive: better performance equates to better care and lower costs.

Hospitals 98

Hospitals Quality Improvement Medicaid Clinical Practice 98

NCQA

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

HEDIS measures do not constitute clinical practice guidelines, and should not be used to determine insurance or coverage. NCQA proposes to expand this measure into the Medicaid product line for members 18–64. An important part of developing and updating HEDIS is hearing from the public.

Quality Assurance 52

Quality Assurance Hospitals Prevention Medicare 52

NASHP

OCTOBER 16, 2023

State policymakers can play an important role in creating a palliative care workforce, which includes institutions, physicians, nurses, home health agencies, and others. The DHCS worked with key actors, such as the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California , to develop the standards.

Regulations 52

Regulations Nursing Hospitals Medicaid 52

Health Advances

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

With a clinical practice and public health background I am passionate about improving population health, specifically women’s health, through digital innovations. I am pursuing this passion as part of the digital health practice within Health Advances. By Shweta Gohil, Senior Analyst.

Clinical Practice 52

Clinical Practice Population Health Medicaid Healthcare 52

Health Advances

APRIL 6, 2023

Many of these technologies are still cultivating evidence needed for use in widespread clinical practice. This leads to a high degree of misdiagnosis in clinical practice, variance in clinical trial outcomes, and broader challenges in developing novel therapies to improve upon the existing standard of care.

Digital Care 52

Digital Care Pharmaceuticals Clinical Practice Integration 52

NASHP

AUGUST 31, 2023

With new CMS guidance on innovative options for managing Medicaid managed care programs to address health-related social needs, states are implementing different strategies to reduce health disparities and invest in community supports.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Accountability Public Health services Population Health 52

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) intends to shift traditional Medicare and many Medicaid beneficiaries into VBC arrangements by 2030. Value-based contracting rapidly evolves, with federal and state regulatory bodies imposing new mandates.

Quality Improvement 105

Quality Improvement Data Acquisition Medicaid Performance improvement 105

NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

There are a number of strategies state health officials can use as they build sustainable access to palliative care services in their Medicaid programs. Target Populations That Could Benefit from Palliative Care Services Use data to identify Medicaid enrollees with serious illness. Make the case for improved care and reduced costs.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Quality Assurance Quality of Care Hospitals 52

Healthcare It News

JANUARY 4, 2022

Technologies that "protect the nurses and facilitate their clinical practice will go a long way to build trust and help retain and recruit these essential workers that we all need now and in the future."

Hospitals 349

Hospitals Nursing Accountable Care Clinical Practice 349

NASHP

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This approach requires significant coordination among policymakers from across state systems – behavioral health, Medicaid, courts, and corrections – to share resources, align policies, and develop clear protocols for programming. D)(1) of these regulations, or are treated for an opioid overdose.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Prevention Integration Hospitals 52

p3care

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

That’s why they have expanded the Medicaid program. The majority of the time, these metrics mirror standard guidelines for clinical practice. The US government has shown its concerns about healthcare delivery since the beginning. They want to make quality care accessible for every individual.

Healthcare 100

Healthcare Healthcare Quality Doctors Healthcare Providers 100

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) pending payment rule, rolling out new programs to enhance care delivery, staff continuity and more. We have made major gains in our nursing staff and clinical practice, ensuring our people are prepared to deliver quality service in the new rate environment. Dorothy M.

Medicare 111

Medicare Nursing Clinical Practice Hospitals 111

HIT Consultant

MARCH 24, 2023

Racism in R&D/Clinical practices: Lack of representation of people of color (POC) among both patients and physicians, barriers to access and other obstacles like bias, lack of trust and fear, and limited care access all limit the quality of health and research outcomes among affected groups.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Life Sciences Accountability Quality of Care 52

NASHP

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In particular, Virginia’s doula Medicaid benefit mirrors a growing national trend to utilize this service as a key component of a comprehensive strategy to improve maternity care outcomes for people of color. Culturally appropriate educational campaigns to destigmatize maternal health are another prominent component of the plan.

Medicaid 64

Medicaid Clinical Practice Primary Care Quality Improvement 64