Jennifer Edwards, DrPH, MPH, Vice President, Strategy Solutions at IPRO, explains State Directed Payments as a tool to incentivize providers to improve the quality of healthcare provided to Medicaid beneficiaries. This is a re-broadcast of an earlier recording.

Jennifer Edwards, DrPH, MPH, Vice President, Strategy Solutions at IPRO, explains State Directed Payments as a tool to incentivize providers to improve the quality of healthcare provided to Medicaid beneficiaries. This is a re-broadcast of an earlier recording.

Quality Watch is a podcast focused on healthcare quality improvement. Quality Watch is a production of IPRO, a trusted partner of federal and state agencies working to measure and improve the quality of healthcare for all. Each episode includes healthcare headlines from around the nation, an interview segment focusing on healthcare quality improvement work, and Data Watch, where host Dr. Edison Machado shares statistics around a healthcare quality topic. Learn more by visiting www.ipro.org.

Quality Watch is a podcast focused on healthcare quality improvement. Quality Watch is a production of IPRO, a trusted partner of federal and state agencies working to measure and improve the quality of healthcare for all. Each episode includes healthcare headlines from around the nation, an interview segment focusing on healthcare quality improvement work, and Data Watch, where host Dr. Edison Machado shares statistics around a healthcare quality topic. Learn more by visiting <a href="http://www.ipro.org">www.ipro.org</a>.

Quality Watch

Quality Watch, formerly a printed IPRO newsletter focusing on healthcare policy and corporate initiatives, has been re-launched as a monthly podcast. Within each 20-minute episode will be highlights of federal and state policy changes, company news, an interview with a healthcare quality improvement expert, and Data Watch, a brief look at newsworthy healthcare data points. 

Quality Watch will be available on Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Download, listen, subscribe, and leave your feedback.

Disclaimer: 

Quality Watch is a production of IPRO. The primary purpose of the podcast is to educate. Listeners acknowledge that they are not being provided any advice or services by the speakers. The speakers are expressing their views and opinions only and not that of any company or agency for whom they work. Any reference to a specific product or entity does not constitute endorsement of that product or entity. The podcast is for private, non-commercial use only.

By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice or to as a basis to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others, including but not limited to patients that you are treating. Consult your physician for medical issues that you may be having. You further agree that you will not assert any claim against IPRO or any of the speakers on the podcast for any damages alleged to have been caused by use of or reliance on the podcast or information presented in the podcast. 

Quality Watch, formerly a printed IPRO newsletter focusing on healthcare policy and corporate initiatives, has been re-launched as a monthly podcast. Within each 20-minute episode will be highlights of federal and state policy changes, company news, an interview with a healthcare quality improvement expert, and Data Watch, a brief look at newsworthy healthcare data points. 
Quality Watch will be available on Apple, Spotify, Google, Amazon, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Download, listen, subscribe, and leave your feedback.
Disclaimer: 
Quality Watch is a production of IPRO. The primary purpose of the podcast is to educate. Listeners acknowledge that they are not being provided any advice or services by the speakers. The speakers are expressing their views and opinions only and not that of any company or agency for whom they work. Any reference to a specific product or entity does not constitute endorsement of that product or entity. The podcast is for private, non-commercial use only.
By listening to this podcast, you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice or to as a basis to treat any medical condition in either yourself or others, including but not limited to patients that you are treating. Consult your physician for medical issues that you may be having. You further agree that you will not assert any claim against IPRO or any of the speakers on the podcast for any damages alleged to have been caused by use of or reliance on the podcast or information presented in the podcast.

Bonus Episode: State Directed Payments

For four decades, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been focused on improving the quality of healthcare provided to Medicare recipients across all care settings. To do this work, CMS relies on the Quality Improvement Organization – or QIO program to measure and improve quality and motivate providers to engage in healthcare quality improvement initiatives. IPRO has been involved in this work since its inception.

In this episode of Quality Watch, Dr. Patricia Gagliano, Vice President of Healthcare Quality Improvement at IPRO, discusses the QIO program, how it works, and who is eligible to participate in this current contract period. 

Please visit qi.ipro.org to learn more about the Mid-Atlantic QIN-QIO (Region 2).

For four decades, the federal Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) has been focused on improving the quality of healthcare provided to Medicare recipients across all care settings. To do this work, CMS relies on the Quality Improvement Organization &ndash; or QIO program to measure and improve quality and motivate providers to engage in healthcare quality improvement initiatives.&nbsp;IPRO has been involved in this work since its inception.
In this episode of Quality Watch, Dr. Patricia Gagliano, Vice President of Healthcare Quality Improvement at IPRO, discusses the QIO program, how it works, and who is eligible to participate in this current contract period.&nbsp;
Please visit qi.ipro.org to learn more about the Mid-Atlantic QIN-QIO (Region 2).

Quality Watch Episode Episode 13 CMS QIN-QIO Project

CMS recently introduced regulatory changes that affect the way state Medicaid programs collect, maintain, and share provider information with beneficiaries. Underpinning these changes is the requirement that, by January 1, 2027, states implement a Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources – or FHIR-based Application Programming Interface to enable public access to provider directory information. IPRO's Nikolas Matthes, MD, PhD, MPH, MSc; Collin York, and Matthew Roberts, MPH, DrPH, explain the FHIR API and how it can enhance states' provider directories.

CMS recently introduced regulatory changes that affect the way state Medicaid programs collect, maintain, and share provider information with beneficiaries. Underpinning these changes is the requirement that, by January 1, 2027, states implement a Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources &ndash; or FHIR-based Application Programming Interface to enable public access to provider directory information. IPRO's Nikolas Matthes, MD, PhD, MPH, MSc; Collin York, and Matthew Roberts, MPH, DrPH, explain the FHIR API and how it can enhance states' provider directories.

Quality Watch Episode 11 FHIR

Healthcare facility staffing shortages are real, and by many accounts, they are likely to get worse. Consider this: The American Association of Colleges of Nursing reports a projected shortage of 78,610 full-time RNs this year. A March 2024 survey by the American Health Care Association found that 99 percent of nursing homes currently have open positions, and 89 percent are recruiting for registered nurses. Seventy-two percent of nursing homes said their current workforce levels remained below pre-pandemic levels, and 66 percent of survey respondents expressed that concern that they may have to close their doors if their workforce challenges persist.

In this episode, Patrick Archambeault, Assistant Director of IPRO’s Healthcare Quality Improvement Program, talks about the scope of this issue, its impact, and some potential ways to address it.

Healthcare facility staffing shortages are real, and by many accounts, they are likely to get worse. Consider this: The American Association of Colleges of Nursing reports a projected shortage of 78,610 full-time RNs this year. A March 2024 survey by the American Health Care Association found that 99 percent of nursing homes currently have open positions, and 89 percent are recruiting for registered nurses. Seventy-two percent of nursing homes said their current workforce levels remained below pre-pandemic levels, and 66 percent of survey respondents expressed that concern that they may have to close their doors if their workforce challenges persist.
In this episode, Patrick Archambeault, Assistant Director of IPRO&rsquo;s Healthcare Quality Improvement Program, talks about the scope of this issue, its impact, and some potential ways to address it.

Bonus Episode: State Directed Payments

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