Home Health Care

AUGUST 4, 2023

Since CMS standardized it in 2018, Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement program, or QAPI, has served as a guiding light for home-based care providers. The program is the process by which a home-based care provider measures its quality metrics.

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Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 7, 2022

Extreme care needs to be taken to ensure that quality improvement initiatives are implemented using strategies that do not exacerbate disparities in resources, quality of care, or resident outcomes. High-quality research is needed to advance the quality of care in nursing homes.

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NASHP

MAY 8, 2023

Regardless, most experts note that striking the right balance between securing data quality and determining when data are complete enough to advance policymaking can be challenging — suggesting a continuous quality improvement approach. National efforts to standardize are useful to inform state approaches.

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NASHP

APRIL 17, 2023

Performance measurement is a pillar of state quality improvement and oversight. In addition, CMS and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) both produce national performance metrics that states can use as performance benchmarks. It is often factored into plan payment, and it supports public reporting.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 10, 2021

NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance. 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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NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

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NASHP

MARCH 29, 2024

31 Telehealth Michigan Michigan’s Children’s Special Health Care Services Division collaborates with key statewide partners to lead the Michigan Pediatric Epilepsy Project , an initiative to improve health outcomes for children and youth with epilepsy, particularly those in rural and underserved communities. Medicaid.gov.

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