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.

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Medicare Performance improvement Quality Assurance Quality Improvement 96

NASHP

APRIL 17, 2023

Performance measurement is a pillar of state quality improvement and oversight. In addition, starting in 2024, federal rules will require states to report performance on some measures, including some behavioral health measures, to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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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. Telehealth.” Medicaid.gov.

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Medicaid Quality of Care Quality Assurance Nursing 124

NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

For example, rural residents are less likely than urban residents to obtain preventive services, including services needed to identify health conditions early in their onset. iii] Also, those living in rural areas are more likely to experience a preventable hospitalization. [iv] iv] Johnston, K. Wen, and K. Joynt Maddox. v] Per §438.2

Primary Care 64

Primary Care Medicaid Accountability Quality Improvement 64

NASHP

MAY 8, 2023

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health : Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Source: Institute for Healthcare Improvement Public Health : The science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities.

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