by gpqinadmin | Mar 30, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Great Plains QIN
As the Quality Innovation Network – Quality Improvement Organization for North Dakota and South Dakota, Great Plains Quality Innovation Network has been asked to communicate COVID-19 data collection and reporting requirements to all hospitals in our two states. The...
by gpqinadmin | Mar 18, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Great Plains QIN
Medicare beneficiaries will have access to a wider range of health services during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency as the result of expanded telehealth coverage. The Trump Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the...
by gpqinadmin | Mar 12, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Great Plains QIN, Uncategorized
The CDC, CMS, and State Departments of Health are responding to cases of COVID-19 across the United States. This is a rapidly evolving situation and new information and guidance to healthcare facilities is being updated on a daily basis. In addition to your State...
by gpqinadmin | Jul 20, 2018 | Archived
Rooks County Health Center (RCH) in Plainville, Kansas will be accepting a 2018 Sepsis Hero award given out by the Sepsis Alliance, September 13, 2018, in New York City. Rooks County Health Center was nominated for the facility’s great work in improving sepsis...
by gpqinadmin | Jul 9, 2018 | Archived
Proper training and education is key to ensuring accurate results as Kelly Haug, RN, Community Home Health, Onaga, KS, witnessed firsthand when abstracting data for the Home Health Cardiovascular Data Registry (HHCDR). Haug noticed missing and abnormal blood pressure...
by gpqinadmin | Feb 3, 2015 | Archived
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network announces the selection and appointment of Ryan Sailor, MBA as the IDIQ Director for Great Plains QIN, succeeding Greg Schieke with his retirement on January 30. Ryan began in this capacity effective February 1. Ryan comes to...
by gpqinadmin | Jan 29, 2015 | Archived
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports that Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) have helped to significantly improve patient care and quality. For example, the QIO program helped save nearly $1 billion by improving care transitions in...
by gpqinadmin | Jan 6, 2015 | Archived
The official blog for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) responsible for Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP. For more information, please visit www.cms.gov The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today released data on the quality of care...
by gpqinadmin | Dec 17, 2014 | Archived
One mission of CMS is to ensure that patients admitted to the hospital receive proper care from their physicians as well as an effective discharge plan. The idea is that if patients leave with a future-care plan in place, they will not walk back through hospital doors...
by gpqinadmin | Dec 12, 2014 | Archived
Schieke Retirement Press Release December 2014 December 11, 2014 Tina Georgy, RN, MS Chief Executive Officer Great Plains Quality Innovation Network TGeorgy@cimro.com Great Plains QIN Announces IDIQ...
