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

Briggs Healthcare

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.

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How to Improve Your VBP Scores and Boost Medicare Payments

Home Health Care

Identify your VBP fixes With the new Interim Performance Reports (IPR) out as of the last week of July, providers have a much better look into where exactly they need to make improvements to shore up performance under VBP. They have the most direct contact with patients and can provide valuable insights into how to improve care.

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State Policy Considerations to Support Equitable Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs 

NASHP

5 Compared to white, non-Hispanic CYSHCN, CYSHCN who are Black or Latinx are at particular risk of receiving infrequent, low-quality care, 6 while American Indian and Alaska Native CYSHCN are less likely to be able to access specialty treatment or receive culturally sensitive services.

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Expanding the Perinatal Workforce through Medicaid Coverage of Doula and Midwifery Services

NASHP

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.

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First Do No Harm

Briggs Healthcare

What’s worse, a considerable portion of this is preventable. Prior to COVID-19, progress was being made to improve patient safety. It’s time for all of us to focus our attention on patient safety and push for continued and significant improvements. And we hold facilities accountable when they fail to meet those standards.

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Newsletter, March 2023

Patient Safety Movement

Save the Date: June 1-2, 2023 10th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit The 10-year anniversary marks professionals like you making a significant difference in eliminating preventable medical errors. 2 Surgi-Sign is a temporary tattoo that serves as a visible checklist to help prevent wrong-site surgeries.

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Weighing Policy Trade-offs: Building State Capacity to Address Health Care Consolidation

NASHP

Evidence suggests that vertical integration and growing consolidation in health care leads to higher hospital and provider prices and higher total spending — all while having little to no impact on improving quality of care for patients, reducing utilization, or improving efficiency.