Articles Tagged With: CMS
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NICHE Practice Model Helps Improve Care of Older Adults
Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) is a geriatric care model that targets expert nursing practice at the bedside of older adults. The NICHE model helps organizations meet national quality goals set by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It focuses on closing gaps in clinical care by enhancing nursing workforce skills for care of older adult patients.
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CDC: PPE Should be Readily Available for Workers
New draft patient isolation guidelines recently approved by advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasized that healthcare workers have N95 respirators, masks, eye protection, and other personal protective equipment readily available.
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More Efficient Social Care Programs Could Improve Screening and Tailor Solutions
Researchers are finding that Accountable Health Communities need greater flexibility in activities geared toward improving patients’ health-related social risks. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services adopted quality metrics for health systems, requiring them to screen for health-related social risks. The authors of a new study found that the model does not allow for the flexibility needed to ensure hospitals sustain the adoption of AHC activities.
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New Sepsis Rule Puts Teeth Behind the SEP-1 Bundle, Putting Revenue at Risk for Providers Who Fail to Meet Benchmarks
A coalition of large healthcare associations, including the American College of Emergency Physicians, is taking issue with a new rule from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services that will require hospitals to meet the provisions outlined in the Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock Management Bundle, a series of labs, measurements, and therapies often referred to as SEP-1.
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Making Sense of the CMS Discharge Planning Rule
Working to maintain compliance with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rules is a challenge. But when the messaging seems confusing or inconsistent, the task is that much more difficult.
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Health System Finds Adding Pharmacist to Team Improves Diabetes Care
A care coordination team pilot project improved clinical outcomes by adding a pharmacist to the team to counsel patients with diabetes, according to the results of an unpublished pilot program.
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Hospital-at-Home Programs Can Work — Even When the Home Is a Car
A case management-style hospital-at-home program produced $6 million in savings and cut hospitalizations by 53% in one year.
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APIC Continues Fight, Urging CMS to Upgrade ICP in Nursing Homes
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology continues to vigorously argue that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services needs to significantly upgrade infection control in nursing homes.
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Avoid Liability from Patient Elopement
Patient elopement is a major threat to patient safety, particularly with the most vulnerable patients. Any resulting injury or death could bring liability to the healthcare facility. The risk requires careful adherence to proper policies and procedures, along with the use of some physical precautions that can reduce the risk of elopement.
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EMTALA Still Poses Challenges After All These Years
EMTALA has encouraged the safe care of emergent patients since 1986, yet it still poses significant compliance challenges and hospitals are cited for violations. Understanding the potential pitfalls and best practices can help healthcare organizations avoid serious consequences.