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How to Improve Your VBP Scores and Boost Medicare Payments

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Yet while home-based care providers certainly have many excellent, technical questions, one sits above all others: How will the expansion of HHVBP affect their reimbursement? 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.

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What’s ONC-certified health IT? Why Do We Require it for MIPS 2023 Reporting?

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Promoting Interoperability (PI) Programs Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Third-party ONC-Authorized Certification Bodies (ONC-ACBs) ONC-ACBs are authorized by the ONC to evaluate health IT solutions. So, they demonstrate improvement over time by doing so.

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Final Rule Gives Home Health Agencies Breathing Room for HHVBP, Medicare Sequestration

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is that the model will now begin Jan. more room to breathe, Valerie Cornett, chief of strategy and innovation at MAC Legacy, told Home Health Care News. Broadly, HHVBP has many supporters among the home health industry due to its ability to boost quality scores and Medicare savings.

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State Oversight and Innovations in Medicaid-Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) Serving Older Adults and People with Disabilities 

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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.

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Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) Launches March 15, 2023

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On May 16, 2022, HHS announced the funding opportunity of nearly $15 million for a three-year federal grant to establish a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) program that will strengthen the delivery of behavioral health care to residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

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First Do No Harm

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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.

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CMS Action to Expand Access to Emergency Care Services in Rural Communities  

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The overall policy goal of this proposed rule is to establish Conditions of Participation (CoPs) to ensure the health and safety of patients who will receive REH services in the most efficient manner possible, while taking into consideration the access and quality of care needs of an REH’s patient population.