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NCQA Launches Virtual Care Accreditation Pilot

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has initiated the Virtual Care Accreditation Pilot program, a significant step in developing a quality improvement framework for organizations offering care through telehealth or digital platforms.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization: Comprehensive Approaches and Cross-Cutting Tools

NASHP

Two states have pursued more innovative approaches and were highlighted in a NASHP report on increasing access to behavioral health care. Georgia has a long history of including peer support in its behavioral health system.

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Amedisys, DispatchHealth Add New Chief People Officers; Cypress Living Names HCBS VP

Home Health Care

Originally launched as an in-home urgent care startup, Denver-based DispatchHealth delivers higher-acuity care – including offering hospital-level care – in the home. DispatchHealth names MJ Vigil as its chief people officer. Vigil joins DispatchHealth with over 25 years of human resources experience.

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The 7 Deadly Sins to AVOID When Fostering Patient Engagement

Medical GPS

Sin #1: Restrict or Limit Access to Care – In today’s consumer-driven healthcare environment patients are seeking fast, efficient, convenient care. The explosion of walk-in clinics and urgent care facilities over the last several years speaks volumes to the consequence of NOT having open access.

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CalAIM: Leveraging Medicaid Managed Care for Housing and Homelessness Supports

NASHP

Use crisis services, emergency rooms, urgent care, or inpatient stays as the sole source of care; Experienced two or more emergency room visits or two or more hospitalizations due to SMI or SUD in the past 12 months. The Drug Medi-Cal Organization Delivery System (DMC-ODS) or the Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) program.

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MIPS 2021: All About the Promoting Interoperability Measures

p3care

It replaced three pre-existing quality-reporting programs (PQRS, VBM, and MU) and made a single system with categories, based on which a score is determined called the MIPS composite or final score. Improvements Activities (IA). Categories. There are four categories in the MIPS program, which are. Promoting Interoperability (PI).

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MIPS 2021: All About the Promoting Interoperability Measures

p3care

It replaced three pre-existing quality-reporting programs (PQRS, VBM, and MU) and made a single system with categories, based on which a score is determined called the MIPS composite or final score. Improvements Activities (IA). Categories. There are four categories in the MIPS program, which are. Promoting Interoperability (PI).