Communication, Health Outcomes and Medicaid

Comprehensive Case Management Training for Healthcare Professionals

American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

What You Will Learn: Specific duties of case managers Stages of the case management process Ethical issues that arise in case management Communication skills essential for case management Using interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance case management outcomes Details: Course length: 2 hours and 15 minutes; CME: 2.25

Medicaid

Medicaid Professional Development Medicare Communication

Making Sense of the Maze of Online Patient Portals

Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Since nurses are natural patient advocates , they may find their friends, families, and patients complaining about these new ways to access care and communicate with providers. They may struggle to access their EHI, coordinate care, and communicate with providers. Where Did These Portals Come From? ”

Care coordination

Care coordination Health Outcomes Communication Medicaid

What Care Coordination Is and How To Implement It

Relias

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Organizations adopt care coordination to improve health outcomes and reduce the financial cost of treatments by streamlining care delivery and reducing or eliminating redundancies in care. Members assigned to this high-risk category are assigned a care coordinator, which is often paid for by the payer/health plan.

Care coordination

Care coordination Mental Health Medicaid Communication

10 Public Health Concerns Every Doctor Encounters

Board Vitals - Nursing

AUGUST 30, 2016

Knowing the leading public health concerns in your state will provide context for you as a provider and information important to your daily practice. The CDC acknowledges this and has created Prevention Status Reports “to increase the use of evidence-based public health practices and improve health outcomes in each state”.

Medicaid

Medicaid Promotion Licensing Health Outcomes

Maximizing Healthcare Reimbursement Through Higher Patient Satisfaction Scores

Relias

JANUARY 8, 2024

The relationship between patient satisfaction scores, reimbursement, and health outcomes The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scoring helps hospitals and governing bodies evaluate patient satisfaction through quantitative measurements.

Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction Medicare Patient Experience Professional Development

6 Ways ER and Urgent Care Nurses Can Bridge the Gap for Uninsured Patients

Scrubs

MAY 18, 2024

ER and urgent care nurses can mitigate these fears by being well-informed and empathetic communicators. Most healthcare facilities have protocols in place to assist uninsured patients in applying for emergency Medicaid or charity care programs, which can significantly reduce or even cover the cost of treatment.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Medicaid Patient Advocacy Education

How to Keep Patients Satisfied — and Raise Your Patient Satisfaction Scores

Relias

JANUARY 30, 2024

Healthcare organizations receive scores from the HCAHPS survey , which according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is “the first national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients’ perspectives of hospital care.” Does patient satisfaction equal better health outcomes?

Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction Patient Experience Medicare Self-Care

Effective Communication with Patients and Families Training

American Medical Compliance

MARCH 21, 2025

The Effective Communication with Patients and Families Training equips healthcare providers with essential skills to enhance patient care through clear, compassionate, and age-appropriate communication. The course also teaches how to adapt communication based on a patients age and how to use verbal communication effectively.

Communication

Communication HIPAA Medicaid Medicare

The Value of Nursing

American Nurse

JUNE 13, 2024

Value-based health care (VBHC) is a term used to describe the framework for restructuring healthcare systems with the overarching goal of value for patients, with value defined as health outcomes per unit of cost. Use of NPIs allows advanced practice nurses to bill Medicare and Medicaid for services provided to patients.

Health Outcomes

Health Outcomes Medicaid Medicare Nurse Educator

Medicare Care Compare: Publicly reported performance measures

American Nurse

MAY 8, 2023

Takeaways: To help patients and their families make informed decisions about choosing health care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly reports quality performance measures. CMS defines “value” as improvement in health outcomes for the cost of achieving that improvement. March 8, 2023.

Medicare

Medicare Medicaid Patient Experience Home Healthcare

Care Coordination: The Key to Improving Patient Outcomes

Relias

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Coordination of care is the process of organizing and integrating health care services for patients across care settings and providers. As a strategy, it can also help reduce racial and ethnic disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes, which are among the widest and most persistent in the nation.

Care coordination

Care coordination Patient Satisfaction Self-Care Emergency Care

Skin failure: A historical perspective

American Nurse

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Frailty frequently is defined as an aging-related syndrome of physiological decline, characterized by marked vulnerabilities to adverse health outcomes. This can be a perilous time for healthcare providers because of the difficulty of explaining futility to family members, who sometimes expect perfect outcomes despite patient status.

Long Term Care

Long Term Care Malpractice Nurse Practitioner Medicaid

Midwives Abroad: Jhpiego’s Work Shows Commonalities with U.S. Maternal Care

Relias

OCTOBER 18, 2022

By the time they are seen, the visit might last for only a few minutes, and it may only be focused on taking her blood pressure, measuring her abdomen, and listening to the fetal heart rate, with very little communication between the midwife and the patient.” No compelling reason to return. For example, in the U.S.,

Self-Care

Self-Care Medicaid Education Health Outcomes

When Risks Collide: Maternal Mortality and Mental Health

Relias

JULY 14, 2022

She focuses on organizational culture, process, and structure to improve health outcomes. But she also educates about social determinants of health — which include race, bias, discrimination, access to resources, and other social factors. Tackling Maternal Mental Health Issues at the System Level.

Mental Health

Mental Health Telemedicine Medicaid Health Outcomes

Reducing Maternal Mortality: Will the ‘Birthing-Friendly’ Hospital Designation Help?

Relias

JULY 20, 2023

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule in August 2022 to improve maternal health outcomes and advance health equity — two of the Biden-Harris Administration’s key priorities. Both clinical and behavioral factors contribute to maternal health outcomes. Sadly, U.S.

Medicaid

Medicaid Mental Health Health Insurance Medicare

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Comprehensive Case Management Training for Healthcare Professionals

Making Sense of the Maze of Online Patient Portals

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What Care Coordination Is and How To Implement It

10 Public Health Concerns Every Doctor Encounters

Maximizing Healthcare Reimbursement Through Higher Patient Satisfaction Scores

6 Ways ER and Urgent Care Nurses Can Bridge the Gap for Uninsured Patients

How to Keep Patients Satisfied — and Raise Your Patient Satisfaction Scores

Effective Communication with Patients and Families Training

The Value of Nursing

Medicare Care Compare: Publicly reported performance measures

Care Coordination: The Key to Improving Patient Outcomes

Skin failure: A historical perspective

Midwives Abroad: Jhpiego’s Work Shows Commonalities with U.S. Maternal Care

When Risks Collide: Maternal Mortality and Mental Health

Reducing Maternal Mortality: Will the ‘Birthing-Friendly’ Hospital Designation Help?

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