brought to you by the Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign
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HHQI's
online resource library
has literally hundreds of free resources that home health agencies can use for staff and patient education. The volume of resources can be overwhelming, and we want to make it easy for you to find our most popular tools. So each month, we'll highlight a favorite resource from an HHQI team member or a campaign participant.
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"I’m not sure if I would call the
My Medication Pocket Card
my 'favorite’ HHQI tool, but it is the one I use most often with my own family. Because it's a Word document, it’s easy to alter; I add a space for my name and number as the Medical Power of Attorney. By cutting and folding where instructed, it fits nicely into a wallet. Then when asked ‘What medications are you taking?’, my family member can pull out this paper with all the answers."
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July Observances
(July 30)
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HHQI has free resources to help you promote many of July's annual healthcare observances among your patients and staff. Visit the July Featured Resources page on the HHQI website.
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Home health agencies that are active in the HHQI National Campaign and closest to the national, risk-adjusted ACH 20th percentile and/or the national, risk-adjusted Oral Medication Improvement 80th percentile (or better) are eligible for random selection as HHQI Agency of the Month.
BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
Nominate your agency today!
If you are selected, your organization will be prominently featured here in HHQI Inside Edition
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which reaches nearly 13,000 subscribers
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and on the HHQI website. Your achievement will also be shared via HHQI's social media channels.
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Quarterly UP Network Webinar
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July 19, 2018
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2-3 p.m. ET
More than 46 million Americans — or 15 percent of the United States’ population — live in rural areas as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. In general, residents of rural areas tend to be older and sicker than their urban counterparts.
If your agency operates in a rural area, you likely encounter many unique challenges when serving patients. During this webinar, seasoned home health leaders will discuss successful intervention strategies to address several key barriers and provide an opportunity for sharing ideas.
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EARN FREE CE CREDIT
This activity has been submitted to Alabama State Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. Alabama State Nurses Association is an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).
To receive CE credit, participants must watch the webinar and enroll in the corresponding course in HHQI University's Underserved Populations course catalog to complete related coursework.
Step-by-step instructions will be reviewed at the end of the webinar.
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LEARN HOW TO:
- State three common rural health barriers.
- Describe one intervention strategy for two different rural health barriers.
- Apply one implementation strategy to overcome a rural health barrier.
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MEET THE EXPERTS
RENEE GRISHAM
Director of Nursing
Mississippi HomeCare of Eupora
DIANA LECHER
Director, Chadron Community Hospital & Health Services (NE)
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'Third Thursdays' Event Schedule
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Home health professionals are busy. Now, there's an understatement. In order to make the most of your limited time, HHQI's three primary online Networking events
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LiveChat, Cardiovascular Learning & Action Network (CardioLAN) webinars, and Underserved Populations (UP) webinars
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will each be held quarterly.
Events will rotate and always begin at 2:00 p.m. ET on the third Thursday of the month.
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Click on the networking event type above for links to past event recordings and upcoming event registration. You can also
subscribe to our mailing lists
to receive details (topics, objectives, speaker info, & registration links) as soon as they are available.
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The
July 2018 issue
of
QIO News
is focused on how the QIO Program is working to ensure that people with Medicare have access to high-quality home health care, particularly in rural communities.
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This issue also discusses the
roadmap
outlining
the three-pronged approach to combating the opioid epidemic released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released last month.
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Draft OASIS-D Guidance Manual Released
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First Wave of New Medicare Cards Complete
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has finished mailing new Medicare cards to people with Medicare who live in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. If someone with Medicare in these states says they did not get a card, they can:
- Sign into MyMedicare.gov to see if we mailed their card. If so, they can print an official card; they need to create an account if they do not have one.
- Call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). They may need to correct something, such as their mailing address.
- Use their current card to get health care services.
You can share this
product
with your patients, so they have something for reference. Continue to check the
Mailing Strategy
and direct people with Medicare to
Medicare.gov/NewCard
for information about the mailings.
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Your Comments Are Needed!
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A new CMS
proposed rule
would remove the regulatory text that allows a state to make payments to third parties on behalf of an individual provider for benefits such as health insurance, skills training, and other benefits customary for employees. Comments will be accepted through
August 11, 2018
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CMS is seeking comments on how to address any undue regulatory impact and burden of the
physician self-referral law
. Comments must be received by
August 24, 2018.
CMS has issued a
proposed rule
outlining proposed Calendar Year (CY) 2019 Medicare payment updates and proposed quality reporting changes for home health agencies, and proposed case-mix methodology refinements and a change in the home health unit of payment from 60 days to 30 days for CY 2020. This proposed rule also discusses the implementation of temporary transitional payments for home infusion therapy services to begin on January 1, 2019 and includes proposals related to full implementation of the new home infusion therapy benefit in CY 2021. Comments on the proposed rule will be accepted until
August 31, 2018.
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Webinars, Courses & Other Events
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Host: TMF Quality Innovation Network
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Host: TMF Quality Innovation Network
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Host: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Host: TMF Quality Innovation Network
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Host: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Host: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Host: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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* Continuing education credit(s) included, available or pending.
Reference to any specific organization or its products or services is for information and convenience and does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by Quality Insights, the Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign, or the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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This material was prepared by Quality Insights, the Medicare Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization supporting the Home Health Quality Improvement National Campaign, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The views presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. Publication number 11SOW-WV-HH-MMD-071118
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