TMF’s Targeted Education Helps Two Rural Nursing Homes Increase Their Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rates

July 18, 2023

TMF’s Targeted Education Helps Two Rural Nursing Homes Increase Their Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rates

A nursing home located in rural Nebraska with an average daily census of 58 residents and a nursing home located in rural Arkansas with an average daily census of 45 were referred by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to TMF, a CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), for assistance with improving their resident COVID-19 bivalent booster rate.

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QIO Program Health Observance Messaging and Media Tips (May)

May is National Stroke Awareness Month. NQIICs can use this observance to promote stroke awareness with their stakeholders, patients and families. Help patients learn how common strokes are and their signs and symptoms. NQIICs can also share the importance of healthy lifestyle changes and controlling health conditions that raise the risk for stroke.

 





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July 18, 2023


CMS QIN-QIO Community of Practice and Operations Call: Focus on Health Equity

QIN-QIO Community of Practice Call - Health Equity in Motion

Health Equity in Motion: Moving from Conversation to Course of Action Alliant’s Rosa Abraha, Heal

Quality Insights Hosts Webinar on Navigating Opioid Prescribing Through Four Different Health Care Environments

Navigating Opioid Prescribing Through Four Different Health Care Environments

In January, Quality Insights’ medical director, Dr.

Annual Wellness Visit Assessment and Resource Toolkit

The Annual Wellness Visit Assessment and Resource Toolkit is a provider-facing compilation of resources, educational handouts, and links to pertinent materials developed by Quality Insights. It addresses the purpose, overall scope, guidelines and processes, assessments, and persons involved (the “who, what, how, and why”). This toolkit includes assessment tools for anxiety, depression, mobility and self-care, memory, medication, end-of-life care, honoring care decisions, and preventive plans.




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May 14, 2024


Antipsychotic Use by State

This data report, developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), was created as part of the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes and illustrates antipsychotic use by state for July 2022-June 2023. 

 




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April 01, 2024


Comagine Health’s Tailored Resources and Strategy for Teaching Motivational Interviewing Help Nursing Home Improve Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rate

July 18, 2023

Comagine Health’s Tailored Resources and Strategy for Teaching Motivational Interviewing Help Nursing Home Improve Resident COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Rate

An urban nursing home in the Pacific Northwest was referred by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to Comagine Health, a CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) for assistance with improving its resident COVID-19 bivalent booster rate. By implementing the interventions recommended by Comagine Health, the nursing home increased its resident COVID-19 bivalent booster rate by 53.9 percent from the time the facility was referred to the QIN-QIO and the last report to the National Healthcare Safety Network in January 2023.

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