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MIPS 2022 Measures for the Certified Nurse Midwife Category

p3care

There are four categories in this category of QPP reporting , which are: Quality. Improvements Activities. The rules and regulations relating to each category also change or are updated every year. So today, we will be discussing the MIPS Quality Measures linked to Certified Nurse Midwife. 2022 MIPS Measure no.

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The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality

Briggs Healthcare

Nursing homes play a unique dual role in the long-term care continuum, serving as a place where people receive needed health care and a place they call home. The 1986 Institute of Medicine report Improving the Quality of Care in Nursing Homes identified a range of challenges to the quality of care in nursing homes.

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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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What HHVBP Means for Managed Care, SNF Utilization

Home Health Care

Not only are operators confident, but some are even excited about what HHVBP might translate to in terms of improved managed care relationships and further diversion away from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). “If If we do well under HHVBP, that should help prove the value of home health care,” one executive recently told me.

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3 Focus Areas to Improve Behavioral Health

NCQA

Psychiatric nurse practitioners. The expansion of services and provider types in behavioral health creates a need for quality standards and quality improvement. Newer regulations put access to mental health and substance use-related services on an equal footing with medical and surgical services. Case managers.

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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. Most states require CNMs to follow the same licensure requirements as advanced practice nurses (APRNs). In recent years, states are increasingly establishing licensure for midwives without a nursing degree (e.g.,

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CMS Final Rule: Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicare Cost Plan and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

Briggs Healthcare

This final rule will also codify regulations implementing section 118 of Division CC of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, section 11404 of the Inflation Reduction Act, and includes provisions that will codify existing sub-regulatory guidance in the Part C, Part D, and PACE programs.