Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 2, 2022

The purpose of this primer is to provide updated information to the patient safety community about the challenges of ensuring the safe care of older adults in Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes (NHs) associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the federal and state efforts taken to mitigate these challenges.

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Nursing Patient Safety Quality of Care Regulations 98

Patient Safety Movement

JULY 25, 2023

Don Berwick—one of the original giants in patient safety and a founding member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement—gave an inspiring keynote address. First, he recognized the superb healthcare force we have in the US, how dedicated they are, and how frustrated they are by the avoidable harm to patients that is occurring.

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Patient Safety Prevention Hospitals Doctors 52

Sheppard Health Law

AUGUST 11, 2022

The FQHC served predominantly low-income individuals [3] including Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and offered telehealth services to its patients through a telehealth application, which could be downloaded onto a smartphone. . The Arrangement.

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Patient Safety Quality of Care Medicare Medicaid 52

Patient Safety Movement

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Joe’s passion for patient safety has been a driving force behind breakthrough developments in medical innovation at the company he founded, Masimo. Research has shown sufficient, high-quality staffing is closely linked to the quality-of-care residents receive.

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Patient Safety Nursing Hospitals Accountability 52

Bill Of Health

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Prior to COVID, policymakers and the medical industry had many assumptions about telehealth related to patient safety, quality of care, fraud, and provider and patient openness to virtual medical encounters.

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Medicaid Patient Safety Nursing Quality of Care 98

Patient Safety Movement

AUGUST 25, 2023

At June’s World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, our CEO Dr. Michael Ramsay shared an optimistic perspective about the progress which can be made in patient safety in the next five years through data transparency and evidence-based medicine. “I The current structure fails patients on a colossal scale.

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Patient Safety Healthcare Prevention Hospitals 52

Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 22, 2022

In February 2022, President Biden announced a comprehensive set of reforms to improve the safety and quality of nursing home care, hold nursing homes accountable for the care they provide, and make the quality of care and facility ownership more transparent so that potential residents and their loved ones can make informed care choices. [1]

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Nursing Medicaid Quality of Care Medicare 75

Briggs Healthcare

JULY 6, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Surveyor workforce – the federal inspectors of the long-term care industry – should be adequately funded, and the surveyors themselves properly trained in identifying infections.

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Prevention Nursing Patient Safety Quality of Care 40

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

North Carolina’s comprehensive behavioral health approach included efforts to increase uptake of CoCM through additional training and practice supports and Medicaid rate increases to 120% of Medicare rates for behavioral health providers. An action plan dashboard tracks targets. CMS’s Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive!

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Medicaid Integration Primary Care Nursing 52

KHN

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Private equity-backed groups have even set up special “obstetric emergency departments” at some hospitals, which can charge expectant mothers hundreds of dollars extra for routine perinatal care.

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Doctors Tricare Medicaid Medical Services 145

KHN

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Private equity-backed groups have even set up special “obstetric emergency departments” at some hospitals, which can charge expectant mothers hundreds of dollars extra for routine perinatal care.

Doctors 52

Doctors Tricare Medicaid Medical Services 52