Montana Flex Grant & Performance Improvement Network
2625 Winne Ave | Helena, MT 59601
Phone: 406-442-1911
www.mtpin.org
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Important Dates

Days in AR Project Report Out  
May 31
9:00 am
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Quarterly Quality Call 
July 13
2:00 pm
Webinar
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August 1  
Q1 2017 Zero Population Due

Q1 2017 MBQIP OP Measures Due

Q2 2017 MBQIP ED Transfer Communication Measures Due 

August 15
Q1 2017 MBQIP IMM-2 Measure Due

September 20-22 
MHA Annual Convention
Billings, MT 
*NEW LOCATIONS!* 
Quick Links
MHA
May 2017
Flex Grant/PIN Newsletter
Welcome to the Flex Grant and Performance Improvement Network (PIN) Newsletter!   This periodic newsletter is designed to be a summary of the latest activities of the MT Flex Grant and the work of the PIN; as well as a look at what is coming up.

We love celebrating the work you do!   Working together we can provide great outcomes for MT patients!

Please contact us anytime with questions, suggestions, and content!
MT Flex/PIN Launches New Website Design
After months of waiting, the MT Flex/PIN website is redesigned and up and running!   Visit us at www.mtpin.org

Check out our favorite features!

* Interactive Calendar - The current month appears on the main page.  You can advance the month and any dates with a dot have an event or due date.  Upcoming activities are show below.   You can click on any activity for specific details!

*Quick Access Buttons - Quick Access buttons line the webpage to direct MT CAHs to most frequent resources - MBQIP Reporting, QI Activities, PIN Benchmarking, Education and Meetings, and Member Resources

* Mobile Responsive - the new site is completely mobile responsive, enjoy browsing on your phone and tablet.

* Modern Look - Montana specific photos, bright colors and easy to read layout.  

Active Improvement Projects

Revenue Cycle Management - Reducing Claims Denials
Trauma Billing Improvement
M2O - ED Throughput
QIS: ED Transfer Communication
QIS: Lead Communication Project for HCAHPS

Watch your email and the MBQIP Monday Message as we launch new projects! 


 
facility spotlight   
Facility Spotlight

 
Submit your facility spotlight to Jennifer Wagner ( [email protected]) to meet the Quality Award Criteria #4: Project Circulation !

Click on the article title to read each Spotlight
 
PIN Note: 11 MT CAHs made this list!  
  • Barrett Hospital & HealthCare - Dillon
  • Beartooth Billings Clinic - Red Lodge
  • Cabinet Peaks Medical Center - Libby
  • Central MT Medical Center - Lewistown
  • Clark Fork Valley Hospital - Plains
  • Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital - Glasgow
  • Holy Rosary Healthcare - Miles City
  • Livingston Healthcare
  • Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital - Hamilton
  • Phillips County Hospital - Malta
  • Sidney Health Center
 
 
  
Submit your facility spotlight to Jennifer Wagner ([email protected]) to meet the Quality Award Criteria #4: Project Circulation !  
 
MBQIP Minute
 
Thank you for participating!  Q3-16 reports are complete and uploaded on the MHA Data Portal!
ZERO CASES
  • Zero cases count as participation.  If you have zero cases for a measure and do not complete this step, it will not count for participation in outpatient measures.
 
OUTPATIENT REPORTING
The next outpatient reporting deadline is August 1 for Q1-2017 cases.  You may start entering cases into CART now!

CARE TRANSITIONS (ED TRANSFERS)
Q2-2017 cases due to MT Flex/PIN by August 1.  You may enter concurrently by using the tools here.

PATIENT SATISFACTION 
If you don't have a HCAHPS vendor, please visit our website here.
 
PATIENT SAFETY REPORTING
IMM-2 (Flu Immunizations for Eligible Patients)
  • Q1-2017 due August 1.  Use CART Inpatient version 4.19.1 (Cases Jan-Mar 2017)
  • In continuing efforts with align MBQIP with the CMS reporting programs, FORHP expects hospitals to follow the data collection instructions for the IMM-2 measure found in the Inpatient Specifications Manual, which indicates data is to be collected each quarter, even if out of flu season.
  • IMM-2 is a CMS Inpatient Global Measure with an initial patient population that includes all patients discharged from acute inpatient care with a length of stay less than or equal to 120 days.  Other measures are pulled from this population.  
As long as CAHs meet the minimum threshold of submission they will be considered participation in MBQIP even if they do not submit cases for IMM-2 in Q2 and Q3.

NHSN Enrollment and Healthcare Provider (HCP) Flu Immunizations

Thank you to those that joined the Flex group in NHSN so that we can access the data for this measure.  MT Flex has provided an improvement toolkit on the measure that can be found here.  

This publication was made possible by Grant #H54RH00046 (MT Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant) from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) to the MT Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS).  Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HRSA, ORHP or MT DPHHS. 

 
  

  

 

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