Document Health Outcomes Medicare 
American Medical Compliance
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
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).
The Relentless School Nurse
MARCH 8, 2025
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinded key guidance on March 4, 2025, affecting Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage for services addressing health-related social needs (HRSNs). However, it fails to consider the well-documented links between social factors and health outcomes.
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Daily Nurse
AUGUST 7, 2023
“For example, an analysis by McKinsey & Co found that telehealth accounted for less than 1% of Medicare services before the onset of the pandemic, but by July of 2021, telehealth services accounted for about 13-17% of claims submitted to Medicare.
American Nurse
MARCH 6, 2024
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.
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?
American Nurse
JUNE 13, 2024
Certainly, the concept of advocacy is imbedded in the foundational documents of our profession. Health policy includes the decision made to promote the health care of individual citizens. Examples include Medicare and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. Advocacy What does advocacy mean?
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. In addition to informing patients, public reporting can drive providers to improve performance.
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