Social Work Blog
DECEMBER 16, 2021
MIPS was designed to tie payments to quality and cost efficient care, drive improvement in care processes and health outcomes, increase the use of healthcare information, and reduce the cost of care. Medicare has identified 15 measures that CSWs may use to report quality services. 15 other provider types participate in the QPP.
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JANUARY 30, 2024
Improving patient experience scores is a goal for many healthcare organizations — and for good reason. As they consider new ideas to raise patient satisfaction, healthcare leaders must have an understanding of the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scoring system that evaluates these efforts.
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MAY 6, 2022
The provider-specific PEPPER analyzes Medicare data and statistics from discharges and services compared with every hospice nationwide. healthcare providers. A CMS contractor who develops and distributes PEPPER — TMF Health Quality Institute — organizes and creates the report to monitor healthcare program integrity.
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FEBRUARY 26, 2024
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), care coordination is “the deliberate organization of patient care activities between two or more participants (including the patient) involved in a patient’s care to facilitate the appropriate delivery of health care services.”
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JANUARY 19, 2022
Soon, Medicare will issue a decision about whether they will cover Aduhelm (Aducanumab) – the new Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) treatment – the expensive and controversial medication approved by the FDA last June with mixed support from the scientific and Alzheimer’s community. These guys shake trees.
Relias
DECEMBER 8, 2022
But there is a particular educational tool that tends to fall under the radar of many healthcare organizations. Every year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases the Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER). Medicare has identified 10 target areas as risky for proper payments.
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APRIL 18, 2022
Medicare payment models in skilled nursing and home health provide incentives for clinicians to be well versed in specialty areas such as skin and wound care. Chronic wounds affect about 15% of Medicare beneficiaries each year. Increase Reimbursements Based on Clinical Complexity. Build Your Reputation as a Specialist.
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