Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
State Nursing Home Quality Improvement Programs: Site Visit and Synthesis Report
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
State Nursing Home Quality Improvement Programs: Site Visit and Synthesis Report
Executive Summary
State Nursing Home Quality Improvement Programs: Site Visit and Synthesis Report. Aspects of Washington's Quality Improvement Program Noted to be Less Successful
Virtually all with whom we spoke said that it would be better if the QANs had more time for QANing. As one provider put it "What's discouraging is that [the QAN program] seems to have been out of commission for a while; they must be doing surveys." Several providers with whom we spoke reported not having a QAN visit in over a year; one reported on
State Nursing Home Quality Improvement Programs: Site Visit and Synthesis Report. QMWeb/Development of Best Practices
QMWeb is an internet site (http://mqa.dhs.state.tx.us/QMWeb/) is a training resource of evidence-based practices meant to help long-term care facilities to be able to "do the right thing in the right way at the right time for the right person in order to achieve the best possible outcome." 11 The state's goal is to help facilities "achieve o
State Nursing Home Quality Improvement Programs: Site Visit and Synthesis Report. Background
Following the completion of the literature review, discussions with stakeholders and the meeting of the Technical Advisory Group, Texas was selected as a site visit state because we were interested in the state's Quality Monitor Program, which started in 2002. Quality Monitoring is a key component of the DHS Long Term Care Quality Outreach program
State Nursing Home Quality Improvement Programs: Site Visit and Synthesis Report. Description of Quality Improvement Programs in Missouri
The Missouri Quality Improvement Program for Missouri (QIPMO) is an on-site clinical consultation program intended to assist nursing homes with their quality improvement programs. There are several distinctive features of the QIPMO program:
Improving the Coordination of Services for Adults with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Profiles of Four State Medicaid Initiatives. References
Andrews, K., J.D. Brown, T. Ferragamo, R. Kleinman, R. Newsham, and A. Wishon Siegwarth. "Strategies for Integrating and Coordinating Care for Behavioral Health Populations: Case Studies of Four States." Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research, January 2014. Prepared for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant
Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report. Research Questions
The study’s key research questions are described in Table II-1 and reflect the logic model in Figure II-1. Table II-1 identifies the data sources and collection methods most relevant to each research question. chapter III, Implementation of Parity , and chapter IV, Impact of Parity , provide further details on more specific research questions,
Medicaid and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless Individuals: Emerging Practices From the Field. 8.2. Olmstead Compliance and Consent Decrees
In several of the states included in this study, the requirements of the Supreme Court's 1999 Olmstead decision were stimulating Medicaid and other state agency officials to focus attention and resources on efforts to re-balance their long-term care systems and expand the availability of home and community-based services linked to housing for peop
Medicaid and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless Individuals: Emerging Practices From the Field. 5.3. What Services Do They Qualify For?
Depending on the state, public mental health services may include a wide range of services that vary in intensity and duration, from medications and medication management at an outpatient clinic (low intensity, varying duration depending on need), through crisis stabilization (very intense but usually lasting a few days at most), and inpatient hos
Medicaid and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless Individuals: Emerging Practices From the Field. Summary of Key Findings
Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment, and Services
Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Providers Engaged in Health Information Exchange: Final Report
Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Providers Engaged in Health Information Exchange: Final Report
Executive Summary
Colene Byrne, Ph.D. Westat
Michelle Dougherty, MA, RHIA AHIMA Foundation
October 29, 2013
Developing Quality Measures for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Schizophrenia: Final Report
Developing Quality Measures for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Schizophrenia: Final Report
Executive Summary
Sam Simon, Thomas Croghan, Robert C. Saunders, Sarah Hudson Scholle, Milesh M. Patel, and Jeremy Gottlich
Mathematica Policy Research
January 30, 2012
Gaps and Strategies for Improving American Indian/Alaska Native/Native American Data
Contents
Background and Methods
Findings: Data Availability and Gaps, By Policy Area and Population Groups
Findings: Strategies and Current/Planned Initiatives for Improving AI/AN/NA Data Availability
Summary and Conclusions
Background and Methods
Pathway to the Future: How Workforce Development and Quality Jobs Can Promote Quality Care Conference Package
HHS-DoL Symposium Summary
The Lewin Group
HHS Guidelines for Ensuring and Maximizing the Quality, Objectivity, Utility, and Integrity of Information Disseminated to the Public
This site describes the HHS Information Quality Guidelines as well as the supporting administrative mechanisms to request correction of information covered under the guidelines. The HHS Guidelines were developed in accordance with the provisions of P.L. 106-554 and OMB government-wide requirements directing all federal agencies to issue guidelines
Evidence-Based Treatment for Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder in State Medicaid Programs: Issue Brief
As the largest payer of mental health services in the United States, Medicaid programs have an opportunity to promote high-quality care for serious and persistent mental illnesses (SPMI) through the use of reimbursement strategies and policies that encourage the delivery of evidence-based practices (EBPs). These EBPs, which include pharmacologic,
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