Home Health Care

AUGUST 4, 2023

Yet while home-based care providers certainly have many excellent, technical questions, one sits above all others: How will the expansion of HHVBP affect their reimbursement? 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.

Medicare 85

Medicare Performance improvement Quality Assurance Quality Improvement 85

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 9, 2023

The program will be funded with CMS’ Civil Money Penalty (CMP) funds, which come from collected CMPs that are imposed against nursing homes and other long-term care facilities when they are not in substantial compliance with one or more Medicare and Medicaid program participation requirements for long-term care facilities.

Nursing 52

Nursing Prevention Performance improvement Medicaid 52

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 20, 2023

CMS deploys a range of quality measures to encourage transparency in public reporting of the quality of care in facilities and to increase accountability. These programs aim to prioritize value in health care delivery and, if a provider does not commit to improve and show results, they can face financial penalties.

Patient Safety 40

Patient Safety Medicaid Medicare Quality of Care 40

NASHP

AUGUST 15, 2022

Recently, Pennsylvania shared their work with managed care organizations (MCO)s to improve access to oral health care services through quality improvement projects, measures, and incentives. Medicaid Managed Care Dental Performance.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Quality Review Prevention Quality Improvement 52

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

Illinois described using two dashboards to monitor performance: a population-specific dashboard that includes data on metrics such as care plan completion and care transitions and an internal-performance dashboard to examine differences in care and utilization by race, ethnicity, and region.

Medicaid 75

Medicaid Nursing Medicare Integration 75

NASHP

MARCH 29, 2024

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.

Medicaid 124

Medicaid Quality of Care Quality Assurance Nursing 124

NASHP

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Monitor and evaluate quality improvement and outcomes and address barriers to care. Implement quality and performance initiatives. State Medicaid programs can implement initiatives such as value-based payments and performance improvement projects to incentivize perinatal health services and positive birth outcomes.

Medicaid 59

Medicaid Nursing Regulations Hospitals 59