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Here’s How CHAMP Helps High-risk Asthma Patients
Called Changing High-risk Asthma in Memphis through Partnership, or CHAMP, the program incorporates various best practices, including early identification of children who could most benefit from the case management intervention.
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Asthma Case Management Program Helps Improve Children’s Health
A Memphis-based pediatric asthma program quickly produced positive results for patients and Tennessee’s Medicaid program due to its community, healthcare provider, and payer collaboration.
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Popular Tools Being Discontinued
Two tools popular with quality improvement professionals are being discontinued, at least temporarily.
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Humana Will Pay More for Quality
The insurer also will use additional measures, including healthcare-associated infection rates, care coordination, palliative care, and more to assess performance and set reimbursement rates.
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First Week Readmissions More Preventable, Study Says
The researchers say that evidence might mean hospital quality leaders should focus more on those early readmissions rather than the typical 30-day readmission rates.
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Study Finds Palliative Care Reduces Hospital Stays, Saves Money
The effect is greatest among the sickest patients, the authors found in a meta-analysis of previous research.
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CMS Proposes Reduction in Quality Metrics
CMS has proposed a new rule that would remove 19 quality measures in an effort to lower the administrative burden on Medicare providers. The rule also would increase overall Medicare hospital payments, increase price transparency, and facilitate access to more provider data for consumers.
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Health System Applies Lessons From Population Health
Population health initiatives involve broad goals that may not always seem applicable at the hospital level, but a health system in Nevada is finding ways to leverage the lessons learned from a statewide program.
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Health System Improves Patient Satisfaction and Experience
Sentara Healthcare has been exploring the link between increased patient experience and satisfaction with structured clinical performance improvement teams that address key patient concerns, such as emergency department waiting times.
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Critics Say Single-payer Healthcare Could Lower Quality of Care
A single-payer healthcare system is still being proposed on Capitol Hill. Several proposals are pushing for hospitals and physicians to be paid through some expansion of Medicare or Medicaid. However, such plans, if implemented, could significantly degrade quality of care, critics say.