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Comprehensive Case Management Training for Healthcare Professionals

American Medical Compliance

Moreover, by creating individualized care plans, case managers play a key role in improving patient outcomes. The CMS Interim Final Rule The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule with comment period (IFC) to implement section 6052 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA).

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Researchers Aim to Improve Cancer Outcomes Among People Experiencing Homelessness

Consult QD

Breaking down myths about homelessness One crucial step to improving health outcomes is to break down common misconceptions and stigmas about people who are experiencing homelessness. There are also documented misconceptions in the medical community around the ability of people experiencing homelessness to adhere to treatment plans.

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

The CMs documented all referrals as a problem, goal, and intervention (PGI) in the EHR and offered to assist with scheduling appointments. CM adherence The documentation of referrals in the EHR allowed the project manager to track nurse CM adherence with the referral process and determine the need for process changes.

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10 Public Health Concerns Every Doctor Encounters

Board Vitals - Nursing

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”.

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

Relias

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?

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Minimum Nursing Home Staffing Standards: A Good Start, But Not Quite There

Amercan Journal of Nursing

On Sep 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule for their widely anticipated minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities. In the past, this has come through mechanisms such as wage pass throughs and Medicaid Incentive Payment Programs. 2001, December 24).

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Medicare Care Compare: Publicly reported performance measures

American Nurse

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. Frequently, providers report measures using standardized documentation required by CMS. See Star ratings defined.)