HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

And while value-based care holds providers more accountable for results, it also grants resources and time to provide better, more patient-centric care. By regularly assessing patient needs, providers can ensure that resources—including staff members—are used efficiently and effectively toward patient-centered care.

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Nursing Hospitals Clinical Practice Healthcare Providers 105

HIT Consultant

MARCH 23, 2023

Employee retention efforts have never been more critical and leaders are looking to technology to help their staff work smarter. For example, telesitting technology allows health operations staff to raise their patient management abilities from one patient per staff member to up to 16 with virtual monitoring.

Nursing 98

Nursing Patient Safety Healthcare Hospitals 98

CHQ Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

CHG Healthcare’s Top Women in Healthcare Staffing recognizes leaders and rising stars in physician and advanced practice recruiting, staffing, and retention. Kim was also a part of the Illinois Staff Physician Recruiter (ISPR) committees. Ellington, MBA Vice President of Physician Recruitment & Retention McLeod Health.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Hospitals Process improvement Nursing 98

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Craig Parker, JD, CPA and CEO, Guideway Care Hospitals, health systems and group practices nationwide are finding value and effectiveness by partnering with an outsourced care guidance resource to extend clinical staff and strengthen care management support. Remove non-clinical tasks from the workloads of nurses and clinical staff.

Patient Experience 96

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 23, 2024

Drawing parallels between the intentions of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the narrative of a Charles Dickens novel is an uncommon venture. When the proposed rule was published, Hanold and his staff wasted no time. Caregiver utilization, retention, I’d argue these things go hand in hand.

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Medicaid Home Care Medicare 105

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

What provider organizations really need in 2024 is technology that upgrades the limitations of their existing systems that will make revenue cycle staff more effective by reducing the touches and people it takes to get paid for the services rendered. How effective are administrative staff at collecting?

Healthcare 59

Healthcare Accountability Life Sciences Performance improvement 59

Healthcare It News

JULY 26, 2023

Tisch has 15 years of experience leading complex, integrated healthcare information technology projects at some of the nation’s leading healthcare institutions, including Cedars-Sinai, MD Anderson Cancer Center, UCLA Health and Stanford Heath Care. He is a former Epic employee who is certified in 15 Epic applications.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut, as a community health center, always had faced a range of treatment barriers that made it difficult, if not impossible, for patients to attend in-person appointments pre-COVID – and for which telemedicine would have been a viable alternative. THE PROBLEM.

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Telemedicine Primary Care Integration Nursing 166

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

What provider organizations really need in 2024 is technology that upgrades the limitations of their existing systems that will make revenue cycle staff more effective by reducing the touches and people it takes to get paid for the services rendered. How effective are administrative staff at collecting?

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Accountability Life Sciences Performance improvement 52

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

In recent years, the pharma industry has supported a more ‘patient-centered’ approach to clinical trial delivery. It’s no secret that during study feasibility, site staff often overestimate the volume of qualified patients they have in their database. Historically, trial sites were to blame when studies failed to enroll.

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Patient Experience Life Sciences Healthcare 98

Clearwave Inc

MARCH 23, 2023

Maximizing Resources with a Patient Revenue Strategy With high-growth practices so focused on patient care (as they should be), how is it possible to also maximize valuable staff time and increase patient acquisition and collections, while providing an experience that ensures retention?

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Patient Experience Healthcare 52

Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Staff did all this with great uncertainty about what the future might look like. Will staff be able to perform their jobs at a high level? ? Will staff see a degradation of outcomes? It completed the transition in just four days – no small feat considering it served more than 5,000 members across six states at the time.

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Clearwave Inc

JULY 16, 2023

These self-service stations provide an efficient way for patients to check in for their appointments and make payments, while saving staff the time it would take to check in hundreds of patients a day. Reading Time: 5 minutes Check-in kiosks have become increasingly popular in various industries, especially medical practices.

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Accountability Patient Experience Healthcare 52

NASHP

MARCH 28, 2022

Set hiring and retention goals to diversify the long-term care field. For additional resources, see NASHP’s catalog of Resources for States to Address Health Equity and Disparities. States can use these additional resources to enhance, expand, or strengthen Medicaid-funded HCBS. Collect race-related outcomes data.

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Nursing Medicaid Home Care Rehabilitation 98

Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We prioritize a user-centered approach, drawing from our firsthand experience in various home care roles. We recognize the importance of ensuring a positive experience for field staff, as it contributes to recruitment and retention. You owned and operated a pediatric home nursing business.

Home Care 58

Home Care Medicaid Nursing Medicare 58

Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 22, 2022

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an informational bulletin detailing actions that states can take using existing Medicaid authorities to drive better health outcomes for nursing home residents and improve staff pay, training, and retention efforts.

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Medicaid Nursing Quality of Care Accountability 73

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 14, 2022

an AI-based predictive and prescriptive analytics company in healthcare operations, today announced its The State of Cancer Centers in 2022 Special Report , stemming from a survey conducted in partnership with The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) in mid-2022. Nearly 100 cancer center leaders answered this survey.

Nursing 52

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

This is one section of Modernizing Behavioral Health Systems: A Resource for States. See the full resource guide. million for mental health infrastructure enacted in 2023 for pediatric behavioral health center, crisis stabilization units, and residential treatment facilities, which are a step down from inpatient care.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Urgent Care Primary Care Hospitals 52

Home Health Care

JUNE 9, 2022

Caregiver training is a valuable tool for employee retention and satisfaction. Organizations that understand the connection between training and quality care will not only serve their staff, but will also see improvement in the quality of the care their patients and clients receive. The shift to value-based care.

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Care Transition Quality of Care Accountability Medicaid 105

NASHP

OCTOBER 2, 2023

For example, as licensure, education, and health administration are overseen by different state agencies, New York has created its Center for Workforce Innovation to maximize and align workforce initiatives in key priority areas such as the direct care workforce, mental health practitioners, and clinical staff.

Nursing 98

Nursing Doctors Medicaid Prevention 98

Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And third, investing in clinician mental health resources garnered 42% of clinicians’ interest in the BDO survey. Implementing systems that improve effectiveness and efficiency are the top draw here among clinicians, followed by meeting with the doctors to gain an understand of their needs.

Primary Care 81

Primary Care Patient Experience Doctors Health Data 81

GoMoHealth

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Throughout my career I’ve had both the opportunity and pleasure of working for several health plans managing multiple provider networks and Federally Qualified Health Centers. Insufficient Resources to Focus on Strategies to Increase HEDIS and STAR Ratings as well as both HOS and CAHPS Scores. Lack of Partnership with Key Stakeholders.

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Quality Improvement Medicaid Population Health Medicare 80

CHQ Healthcare

OCTOBER 6, 2021

When a dentist who signed a three-month contract in a rural northwest Kansas community sent a message that he was delayed 24 hours getting to his assignment, the staff was understanding. Even so, the staff decided to give him the benefit of the doubt, thinking maybe something had happened on his drive. “He I’m sleeping in my car.’

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NASHP

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Beyond the critical work of state Medicaid agencies, this involves dedicated coordination across key partners to support coverage retention.  SBMs are also actively supporting their Medicaid partners with call centers, online supports, and in-person assisters (e.g.,

Medicaid 72

Medicaid Medicare 72

Briggs Healthcare

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As the long term care sector continues to face a historic labor crisis , experts are questioning how the proposed mandate would address staffing shortages without resources or support. Bowblis, PhD, – Professor of Economics and Research Fellow at Miami University Department of Economics and Scripps Gerontology Center.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Building on existing work to expand behavioral health workforce capacity, states are focusing on policies that foster equity and inclusion in recruitment and retention efforts, looking to increase workforce capacity and workforce diversity at all levels. Outreach to current behavioral health workforce.

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Medicaid Prevention Nursing Pharmaceuticals 52

Readiness Rounds

AUGUST 14, 2023

In this post, we delve into the critical importance of how sustained leadership rounds positively impact HCAHPS scores and patient satisfaction, improve staff satisfaction & retention, and contribute to improving care outcomes. The HCAHPS Connection: Leadership Rounds involve leaders talking to staff directly, on a routine basis.

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NASHP

MARCH 14, 2022

Fostering this open dialogue is particularly important for HIV peer workers, who help clients engage or reengage in HIV care by connecting them to appropriate community resources and helping them schedule and attend appointments. Additionally, states are using Centers for Disease Control (CDC) grants for HIV peer worker services.

Prevention 52

Prevention Nursing Integration Healthcare 52

NASHP

AUGUST 3, 2022

With new dollars come new rules, and policymakers are challenged to avoid duplicating efforts across systems and resources. Multiple federal and state resources are being blended for treatment for parents and families. Pennsylvania established an Opioid Command Center in 2018.

Medicaid 98

Medicaid Prevention Integration Quality Improvement 98

NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

This is one section of Modernizing Behavioral Health Systems: A Resource for States. See the full resource guide. There is a growing consensus on the significance of adopting a person-centered recovery-oriented approach deeply rooted in the community, reducing reliance on acute care and institutional settings.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Integration Primary Care Nursing 52

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This scalability can result in faster financial recovery and accurate billing processes that can improve the patient experience and lead to improved satisfaction scores, patient retention and eventually, increased revenue. We now have resources at our fingertips to give the patient the best experience possible.”.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Patient Experience Hospitals 52

CHQ Healthcare

JANUARY 19, 2023

Bob Trinh, CEO of The Villages Health (TVH), a multi-specialty healthcare system serving over 60,000 patients across nine care centers in The Villages , Florida, is meeting the challenge head on with creative strategies for hiring the physicians they need. We’ll go to each location of our care centers and meet the physicians for lunch.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Nursing Doctors Healthcare 52

Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 22, 2022

1] One key initiative within the President’s strategy is to establish new minimum staffing requirements so every nursing home has sufficient staff who are adequately trained to provide the safe and quality care residents need. Evidence has shown that adequate staffing is closely linked to the quality of care residents receive. [2]

Nursing 75

Nursing Medicaid Quality of Care Medicare 75

Home Health Care

AUGUST 16, 2022

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as of Tuesday morning. Home health payments should reflect the cost of inflation, gas prices and increased cost for recruitment and retention,” a commenter lamented. Yet they’re pulling resources away from home health agencies to reach those goals.

Home Care 75

Home Care Medicare Nursing Quality of Care 75

Medical GPS

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

To the extent your practice can empower front-line support staff to accommodate same-day acute patient appointment requests, your practice will avoid the deadly sin of lack of acute access. Patient and family-centered care play a vital role in improving health outcomes. If you would like to learn more, click here to visit MedicalGPS.

Quality Improvement 52

Quality Improvement Urgent Care Patient Safety Healthcare 52

NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The National Care Coordination Standards for CYSHCN defines care coordination as “patient- and family-centered, assessment-driven, team-based activities designed to meet the needs of children and youth. High-quality, integrated care requires strong system-level partnerships, information and data sharing, and family-centered practices.

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Medicaid Integration Quality Improvement Accountability 98

NASHP

MAY 8, 2023

See the full resource guide. Transformative strategies evoke change, and leadership can communicate the vision for the change in strategy, mobilize resources, establish a governmental culture shift, and support communication and resource alignment across agencies and with private partners.

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