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HEDIS® Public Comment Period Is Now Open

NCQA

About HEDIS and Public Comment HEDIS measures of clinical quality and patient experience are based on scientific evidence. HEDIS ® is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). When new evidence becomes available, NCQA reviews the measures to determine if changes may be needed.

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Seven Steps for Building a Community-Based Palliative Care Benefit Within Medicaid

NASHP

For length-of-stay estimates, consider using the CMMI Medicare Choices Model of community-based pre-hospice services, with an average length of stay of 99 days. licensed hospice providers), with quality assurance provisions and any licensing updates necessary to ensure team competencies for non-hospice care.

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Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model: HHVBP Newsletter – June 2022

Briggs Healthcare

The HHVBP Newsletter provides home health agencies (HHAs) with the latest information about the expanded HHVBP Model as well as important tools, news, and timely insights from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the HHVBP Model Technical Assistance (TA) Team.

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Higher satisfaction with care and treatment outcomes seen with shared decision making

Health Dialog

Thomas Cha, MD, MBA , a Partners-based researcher, co-authored a study that was published in 2017 which found that, “Shared decision making did not just result in better patient experience ratings, but also improved patient outcomes.”