Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 9, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Beginning Spring 2023, the Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Nursing Facilities (COE-NF) will provide training and resources to skilled nursing facility staff who care for residents with a variety of behavioral health conditions.

Nursing 52

Nursing Prevention Performance improvement Medicaid 52

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

NASHP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

from maternal-related causes , with more than 80 percent of these deaths being preventable. HFS has named maternal and child health as one of its five quality strategy pillars and requires its Medicaid MCOs to report results by race, ethnicity, and geography. Over 800 women die each year in the U.S.

Medicaid 80

Medicaid Performance improvement Quality Improvement Accountable Care 80

NASHP

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Monitor and evaluate quality improvement and outcomes and address barriers to care. The project is supported by the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant, the Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, and the Mid-Iowa Health Foundation. Determine structure of benefit. Implement Medicaid benefit.

Medicaid 59

Medicaid Nursing Regulations Hospitals 59

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 20, 2023

What’s worse, a considerable portion of this is preventable. Prior to COVID-19, progress was being made to improve patient safety. However, since the beginning of the pandemic, patient safety performance significantly declined. Another report revealed that nearly 1 in 4 Medicare patients have experienced harm in the hospital.

Patient Safety 40

Patient Safety Medicaid Medicare Quality of Care 40

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

Briggs Healthcare

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Today’s announcement is part of a series of new actions the Biden-Harris Administration is taking to increase accountability of bad actors in the nursing home industry, improve the quality of nursing homes and make them safer. We are demanding better, because our seniors deserve better.”.

Nursing 40

Nursing Accountability Quality Improvement Quality of Care 40