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What’s ONC-certified health IT? Why Do We Require it for MIPS 2023 Reporting?

p3care

Therefore, the EHRs must adhere to the regulations to receive voluntary certification. This interoperability supports care coordination, reduces redundancies, and enhances the accuracy and completeness of patient data used for MIPS reporting. So, they demonstrate improvement over time by doing so.

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With QAPIs, Home Health Providers Should Opt For Tailored Approaches

Home Health Care

Curating a specific plan based on a home health provider’s needs, deficiencies and vulnerabilities is key to having successful Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) programs. Quality assurance usually refers to documentation review.

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

Briggs Healthcare

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.

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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. HHSC Uniform Managed Care Manual.” [30]

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Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care

NASHP

Arizona’s End of Life and Advanced Care Planning benefit is referenced in its MCO contracts and further described in state regulations. In Rhode Island, MCO plans of care must include “interventions to address special needs (e.g., Enhance federal advance care planning requirements.

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

NASHP

The licensure and certification of midwives is administered by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. This law creates the Licensed Certified Professional Midwife Practice Act, which licenses CPMs who perform out-of-hospital births. Implement quality and performance initiatives.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

North Carolina’s InCK program , led by Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, brings together partners from Medicaid, behavioral health, child welfare, juvenile justice, education, Title V, mobile crisis, and more to coordinate care and address the health and social needs of children in five counties.