Great Plains QIN Receives Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors (NQIIC) Award
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services selected Great Plains Quality Innovation Network as a Prime awardee of the Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractor. This designation will allow NQIICs to bid on Task Orders over the next five years. As...
Reminder: BFCC-QIO Changes That Require Action by Healthcare Providers
REMINDER: Effective June 8, 2019: Changes to the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care – Quality Improvement Organization program. The Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program is the cornerstone of Medicare’s efforts to improve the quality of care and health...
BFCC-QIO Changes That Require Action by Healthcare Providers
Effective June 8, 2019, there will be changes to the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care – Quality Improvement Organization program. The Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program is the cornerstone of Medicare’s efforts to improve the quality of care and health...
CMS Seeking Quality Payment Program Clinician Champions
Do you enjoy thinking outside-of-the-box? Do you enjoy identifying unique ways to educate clinicians and generate awareness? If so, CMS is looking for you! The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is in search of candidates to voluntarily...![2019 National Care Transitions Awareness Day Summit [April 16, 2019]](https://i2.wp.com/greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/powerofengagement1280x300.jpg?resize=1080%2C300&ssl=1)
2019 National Care Transitions Awareness Day Summit [April 16, 2019]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a National Care Transitions Awareness Day Summit on April 16, 2019 to increase awareness and action in the beneficiary and provider communities of the importance of safe and effective care transitions...
CMS Improving Nursing Home Compare
Changes offer greater support to consumers looking to compare quality of Nursing Homes The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced updates coming in April to Nursing Home Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System; strengthening this...
Patients, Advocates, Providers, Researchers and Healthcare Champions Come Together for Solutions
Innovating for Value and Results Several members of the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network quality improvement team were among 3,000 leaders across the country who attended the 2019 CMS National Quality Conference, hosted by the Centers for Medicare &...
Upcoming WebEx: All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes
Applying Strategies from the New CMS Change Package Join this WebEx to hear successful strategies and specific actions to improve the quality of life and care for those residing in nursing homes. Thursday, January 24, 2019 2:00 – 3:00 p.m CT One-third of SNF...![CMS Quality Payment Program Updates [Looking Back and Ahead]](https://i2.wp.com/greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/QPP-image-1280x300-2.jpg?resize=1080%2C300&ssl=1)
CMS Quality Payment Program Updates [Looking Back and Ahead]
CMS Released the Year 1 (2017) Quality Payment Program Performance Data infographic which gives breakdowns on who participated, payment adjustments, as well as mean/median scores. The 2017 performance year for the Quality Payment Program was: The first year of the...
CMS Releases the 2019 Quality Payment Program Final Rule
Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program will shift clinicians’ time from completing unnecessary paperwork to providing innovative, high-quality patient care. Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...