HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2023

While some have called 2022 an ‘unprecedented year’ for healthcare, the reality is that many of the pressures that challenge health systems’ budgets and margins will continue into 2023 and beyond. Providers Will Fight Revenue Challenges With Admin Efficiencies: Revenue challenges will persist in 2023 for healthcare providers.

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Hospitals Life Sciences Patient Safety Quality Improvement 98

NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The “National Forum on Advancing High-Quality, Equitable Care Coordination for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs” centered on two key topics for improving care coordination systems for CYSHCN: integrated care coordination and the care coordination workforce.

Medicaid 98

Medicaid Integration Quality Improvement Accountability 98

NASHP

AUGUST 15, 2022

Recently, Pennsylvania shared their work with managed care organizations (MCO)s to improve access to oral health care services through quality improvement projects, measures, and incentives. Medicaid Managed Care Dental Performance. CMS 416 preventative services. Fluoride varnish.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Quality Review Prevention Quality Improvement 52

Sheppard Health Law

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The Innovation Center, established in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act, began as an initiative to transition the health system to value-based care by developing, testing and evaluating new payment and service delivery models in Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Medicare Accountable Care Accountability 52

NASHP

JUNE 22, 2022

Comprehensive quality measurement of care coordination services is essential to evaluate and guide care coordination efforts, yet little agreement exists among stakeholders about how to best measure the provision and quality of care coordination services. [4] National Care Coordination Standards Domain.

Doctors 52

Doctors Medicaid Quality of Care Healthcare Providers 52

NASHP

JULY 24, 2023

Evidence suggests that vertical integration and growing consolidation in health care leads to higher hospital and provider prices and higher total spending — all while having little to no impact on improving quality of care for patients, reducing utilization, or improving efficiency.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Prevention Quality Improvement Quality of Care 52

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Director of Global Strategy at the RWTS Integrated Health Practice at IQVIA. Patient advocacy organizations and medical specialty societies can serve as a liaison between patients and providers in bi-directional engagement, closing gaps in the patient journey and ultimately driving innovation for higher quality care.

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Healthcare Quality Healthcare Quality Improvement Healthcare Innovation 98

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 22, 2024

What You Should Know: – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken a bold step towards improving care for individuals with both mental health conditions and substance use disorders (SUD), announcing the “ Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH)” Model.

Medicaid 97

Medicaid Quality of Care Integration Medicare 97

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

It includes examples from various states organized by the framework buckets: integrated primary and behavioral health care, crisis continuum of care, in-home and in-community based, and out-of-home and community.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Integration Primary Care Nursing 52

Lexis Nexis

JUNE 30, 2022

The federal government is preparing to implement more rigorous benchmarks for health plan quality ratings based increasingly on how members perceive their interactions with the healthcare system. Hospitals are all about data — clinical, administrative, and operational information are key to quality improvement and financial success.

Quality of Care 52

Quality of Care Medicare Quality Improvement Medicaid 52

NASHP

AUGUST 31, 2023

While these essential commitments are a necessary pre-condition to sustain basic public health system capacity, specific priorities and strategies for better engaging healthcare system partners on shared public health priorities are outlined in the sections below.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Accountability Public Health services Population Health 52

NASHP

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Actions in the first 100 days of the Biden Administration include funding for the implementation of implicit bias training for healthcare providers, the creation of state pregnancy medical home programs, and the enhancement of Maternal Mortality Review Committees.

Medicaid 63

Medicaid Clinical Practice Primary Care Quality Improvement 63

NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

“Health Care Access in Rural Areas: Evidence that Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions in the United States May Increase with the Level Of Rurality.” Rural Healthcare Workforce. www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/health-care-workforce#characteristics. [vi] Health Place. 2009 Sep;15(3):731-40. 2008.12.007.

Primary Care 63

Primary Care Medicaid Accountability Quality Improvement 63

Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Improved care coordination has been a priority at both the state and federal level for the past decade, with some integrated care models already implemented and in use; yet the number of beneficiaries enrolled in integrated care remains relatively low.

Medicare 59

Medicare Medicaid Regulations Integration 59

NASHP

MAY 8, 2023

Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement Public Health : The science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. 31 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) also prohibits discrimination against protected persons in health care. Appendix B. 2000d § 601.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Regulations Prevention Medicare 52

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. Academic institutions.

Care Transition 52

Care Transition Medicaid Doctors Regulations 52

Patient Safety Movement

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Patients, children, and healthcare workers are killed and injured. We need to bring back the sanctity of healthcare facilities and our children and take them out of battle zones. We have brutal wars going on where schools and hospitals are destroyed and used to protect combatants.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Prevention Hospitals Healthcare 52

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 1, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Mid-afternoon Monday, February 28, 2022, the White House issued this Fact Sheet with the same title as this blog (bolding added by me): All people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect and to have access to quality medical care.

Quality of Care 40

Quality of Care Nursing Accountability Medicaid 40