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The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality

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. The 1986 Institute of Medicine report Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes identified a range of challenges to the quality of care in nursing homes.

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Amedisys, DispatchHealth Add New Chief People Officers; Cypress Living Names HCBS VP

Home Health Care

“In an increasingly competitive talent market, the attraction and retention of high performing diverse talent is key, and Adam’s depth of expertise will help us achieve this strategy so we can continue to deliver the highest quality of care to our patients and their families.”. We are honored to welcome Mag to our executive team. “He

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CMS to Post Nursing Home Staff Turnover and Weekend Staffing Levels

Briggs Healthcare

Staffing in nursing homes has a substantial impact on the quality of care and outcomes residents experience. The 5-page QSO goes on to address: Weekend Nurse Staffing Nursing Home Staff Turnover. Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. Linking Employee Identifiers.

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How Healthcare Facilities Can Prepare for Expanded Inclusion Criteria for Telehealth and RPM Solutions in Value-Based Care Settings

HIT Consultant

Patients are now more comfortable than ever receiving care at home, and providers are more likely to adopt solutions that make at-home care efficacious and safe. Within one month, the pandemic drove a surge in telehealth that the industry has been trying to achieve for over ten years. And guess what? Patients loved it.

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Final Evaluation Report of the HHVBP Original Model (2016-2021)

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The original Home Health Value‐Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model provided financial incentives to home health agencies for quality improvement based on their performance relative to other agencies in their state.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

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.

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Protecting Seniors and People with Disabilities by Improving Safety and Quality of Care in the Nation’s Nursing Homes

Briggs Healthcare

These initiatives will help ensure adequate staffing, dignity and safety in their accommodations, and quality care. Establish a Minimum Nursing Home Staffing Requirement. The adequacy of a nursing home’s staffing is the measure most closely linked to the quality of care residents receive.