Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 10, 2023

Because registration is limited to 1,000 sites, SNFs are encouraged to coordinate internally to prevent duplicate registrations and to allow as many SNFs as possible to participate. The current PEPPER User’s Guide is available at: Skilled Nursing Facility PEPPER User’s Guide (PDF, 11th Edition). Register HERE.

Nursing 40

Nursing Quality Assurance Performance improvement Medicare 40

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. Nurses, home health aides, therapists — even schedulers.

Medicare 95

Medicare Performance improvement Quality Assurance Quality Improvement 95

Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 7, 2022

We also recommend that providers continue to follow CDC guidance for preventing the spread of COVID-19 especially during activities that may increase patient or resident contact. e)(4) CMS waived the requirement that prevents a physician from delegating a task when the regulations specify that the physician must perform it personally.

Nursing 98

Nursing Quality Assurance Prevention Performance improvement 98

NASHP

MARCH 29, 2024

Paid Family Caregiving Colorado Colorado allows family members of Medicaid-enrolled CYSHCN to be paid for providing care to their children by becoming licensed as certified nursing aides. skilled nursing, home health care, behavioral health, etc.) are another key challenge related to access to services for CYSHCN.

Medicaid 125

Medicaid Quality of Care Quality Assurance Nursing 125

NASHP

AUGUST 24, 2023

advance care screening) were performed. While New York tied its performance improvement strategy to process measures, states could also use pay-for-performance strategies to promote structural changes within a practice (e.g.,

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Quality Assurance Quality of Care Hospitals 52

Vie Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

50% of adult mental health disorders start before the age of 14, but we put most of our effort and our dollars into older children and into adults, and we’re not focusing on where we can make a difference with early intervention and prevention. Jim (24:13): I wanted to follow up, Helen, with this prevention.

Telemedicine 52

Telemedicine Healthcare Prevention Quality Assurance 52

NASHP

AUGUST 23, 2021

Perhaps the most important is to identify specific goals and objectives early on to guide the details of design, such as the choice of quality metrics for incentive payments. In addition, it is important to build in measurement at the start and to think of state efforts as iterative — moving to tackle new priorities as performance improves.

Primary Care 65

Primary Care Medicaid Accountability Quality Improvement 65