Nebraska Quality Payment Program Coalition: Part of the Solution
The Quality Payment Program (QPP) began in January 2017 under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. The QPP aims to improve health outcomes, promote smarter spending, minimize burden of participation and provide fairness and transparency in...
New Medicare Part D Opioid Overutilization Policies for Prescribers Posted
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently finalized new policies for Medicare drug plans to follow starting on January 1, 2019. A Prescriber’s Guide to the New Medicare Part D Opioid Overutilization Policies for 2019 is one tool CMS is utilizing...
Antibiotic Awareness Week Kick-Off with Dr. Maureen Tierney and Dr. M. Salman Ashraf
November 12 | U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week #USAAW18 #BeAntibioticsAware Great Plains Quality Innovation Network – Nebraska kicked off Antibiotic Awareness Week by partnering with Nebraska healthcare leaders, Dr. Maureen Tierney and Dr. M. Salman Ashraf, to...![Connecting the Dots: Immunizations, Antibiotic Use and Sepsis [Resources You Can Use]](https://i2.wp.com/greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Chalkboard-teamwork-gears1280x300.jpg?resize=1080%2C300&ssl=1)
Connecting the Dots: Immunizations, Antibiotic Use and Sepsis [Resources You Can Use]
Sepsis is the number one cause for hospital admissions and readmissions in the Great Plains QIN region. However, a knowledge gap exists in understanding how immunizations and proper antibiotic use can impact sepsis. To help bridge that gap, Great Plains QIN created...
Opioid Crisis: From Treatment Option to Public Health Emergency
Epidemic is typically used to describe the widespread impact of an infectious disease instead of a medication treatment option. While pharmaceutical companies reassured providers, the growing number of opioid prescriptions was quietly converting patients into addicts....
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...
Care Coordination and Medication Safety Resources Refreshed
Care coordination and medication safety continue to be highly discussed topics across communities and the healthcare continuum. For the past 4+ years, the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network (QIN) has brought communities together throughout the states in our...
Know Diabetes by Heart™ National Initiative
Last week the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association launched the Know Diabetes by Heart™ initiative. The goal is to raise awareness about the increased risk for cardiovascular disease for patients with type 2 diabetes. The initiative will...
November 15 | Great American Smokeout®
Great American Smokeout ® | November 15, 2018 For more than 40 years, the American Cancer Society has hosted the Great American Smokeout on the third Thursday of November. The Great American Smokeout is an opportunity for smokers to commit to healthy, smoke-free...
Safe Injections: One and Only Campaign
The One & Only Campaign is a public health campaign, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Safe Injection Practices Coalition (SIPC), to raise awareness among patients and healthcare providers about safe injection practices. The...