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The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality

Briggs Healthcare

While many important improvements have been made since the enactment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, the provision of high-quality comprehensive care to all nursing home residents remains an elusive goal. High-quality research is needed to advance the quality of care in nursing homes.

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‘We Will Be Paying For This For Years’: 8 Home Health C-Suite Leaders Sound Off On ‘Alarming’ Medicare Cuts

Home Health Care

The main headline was CMS’ decision to propose a home health payment decrease of 2.2%. As a response, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) filed a lawsuit against CMS and the U.S. These alternatives bear greater expense to the health care continuum as a whole and counters the goal of aging in place.

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CMS Medicaid Proposals Offer Transparency And Accountability, But Compensation Provision Could Cap Business For Cash-Strapped Providers

Home Health Care

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new rule that would make major changes to the way that home care workers are compensated under Medicaid. Anderson also noted that home care agencies working under Medicaid often vary in size. On Thursday, the U.S. and North Carolina. Washington, D.C.-based

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State Community Health Worker Models

NASHP

. §7022), in existence for over fifteen years, is a statewide network of NCQA certified Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) which are supported by regional program managers, quality improvement managers, self-management program coordinators, and a regional Community Health Team (CHT).

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Community Health Worker Models

NASHP

. §7022), in existence for over fifteen years, is a statewide network of NCQA certified Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) which are supported by regional program managers, quality improvement managers, self-management program coordinators, and a regional Community Health Team (CHT).

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The Direct Care Workforce

NASHP

Partner with Community College Systems: Tennessee’s Medicaid agency, TennCare, worked with Tennessee’s Quality Improvement in Long Term Services and Supports (QuILTSS) Institute to develop a career and education pathway for direct care workers that allows workers to “learn and earn,” while acquiring credentials with value in the labor market.

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Emerging Respite Care Strategies in Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waivers for Older Adults, Adults with Physical Disabilities, and their Family Caregivers

NASHP

As promulgated in Iowa’s Human Service’s regulation 441-78.3 As stated in the regulation, “Individual funds from unused respite services may be allocated to the savings plan … [for] future respite care.” As codified in Iowa’s Human Service’s regulation 441-78.34(13) Iowa increased its 2022 provider rates by 4.25

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