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NCQA Launches Virtual Care Accreditation Pilot

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has initiated the Virtual Care Accreditation Pilot program, a significant step in developing a quality improvement framework for organizations offering care through telehealth or digital platforms.

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The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – 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. High-quality research is needed to advance the quality of care in nursing homes.

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

NASHP

“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.

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About This Resource Guide: Promising Practices to Address Health Disparities

NASHP

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. Source: Cara James et al.,