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. Tighter margins at agencies make that a significant amount.

Medicare 87

Medicare Performance improvement Quality Assurance Quality Improvement 87

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

All states, with the exception of California and Virginia, have created at least one separate MLTSS program targeted toward adults 65 and older or individuals dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid (dual eligibles). utilization review, quality improvement, and claims) to improve communication and information sharing across teams.

Medicaid 73

Medicaid Nursing Medicare Integration 73

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 9, 2023

Funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), this program will establish a Center of Excellence for Building Capacity in Nursing Facilities to Care for Residents with Behavioral Health Conditions (Center of Excellence).

Nursing 52

Nursing Prevention Performance improvement Medicaid 52

Briggs Healthcare

JUNE 28, 2022

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. Literature Link: Health Equity. Contact Us.

Quality Improvement 75

Quality Improvement Quality Assurance Medicare Performance improvement 75

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 20, 2023

and Jonathan Blum, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – names you may recognize from CMS National Stakeholder Calls. As the nation’s largest payer for health care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) mission in our National Quality Strategy includes ensuring everyone is safe when they receive care.

Patient Safety 40

Patient Safety Medicaid Medicare Quality of Care 40

Home Health Care

OCTOBER 28, 2022

How did you measure the quality of that data and quantify those values in a comparable and accessible way? Longo : There are nearly 11,000 home health agencies that report data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The data are publicly available and include the CMS star ratings.

Patient Safety 78

Patient Safety Performance improvement Quality Improvement Accountability 78

NASHP

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HRSA, Indian Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Veterans Administration all touch oral health care policies, programs, and workforce. State- Federal Collaboration on Oral Health.

Integration 62

Integration Primary Care Medicaid Prevention 62