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The Rural Impact: Social Determinants of Health Toolkit | New Listserv Now Available
New Listserv Topic for Rural Populations Rethinking Rural Health is a vital part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) push to transform the health care delivery system to a model that delivers high quality, affordable and accessible health care...
Caregiving Around the Clock – Honoring Our Everyday Heroes
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” — Leo Buscaglia Caregiving is a tough job. This November, we remember...
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Decisional Making Capacity: TeleECHO Session [November 10] and Huddle [November 17]
Access to geriatric care improves the quality of life for patients and residents in our communities. Great Plains Quality Innovation Network is partnering with the University of North Dakota to improve access to care for patients with complex conditions in rural and...
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Advance Care Planning Webinar: It Always Seems Too Early Until It Is Too Late [November 11, 2020]
What is the most important conversation that we should be having, but avoid at all cost? It is the conversation about how we want to live until the last day of our life, part of the advance care planning process. In this COVID pandemic, more people are facing their...
The Impact of COVID-19 on Medicare Beneficiaries’ Daily Life
Older adults have been especially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, as they are at higher risk of serious illness if infected and account for 80 percent of all COVID-related deaths. Current public health guidelines recommend older adults limit in-person social...
Every 21 Seconds Someone New is Diagnosed with Diabetes. We Can Do Better.
National Diabetes Month is observed every November to draw attention to diabetes and its effects on millions of Americans. Every year, we come together to ring the alarm on the diabetes epidemic. For the millions who are at risk for it, it’s a time to get educated,...
COVID-19 One-Stop Nursing Home Resource Center
CMS’ New One-Stop Nursing Home Resource Center Assists Providers, Caregivers, Residents The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new online platform - the Nursing Home Resource Center - to serve as a centralized hub bringing together the...
CMS COVID-19 Office Hours Call: November 3, 2020
CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers, and...
Partnership to Advance Tribal Health | Our Work Continues
Great Plains Quality Innovation Network has the privilege of continuing to support 5 Indian Health Services (IHS) facilities in the Dakotas through the Partnership to Advance Tribal Health (PATH). The PATH project began in the Fall of 2016 and through a recent CMS...
Live Q&A: CMS-CDC Fundamentals of COVID-19 Prevention for Nursing Home Management
Thursday, November 5, 2020 3:00 – 4:00 pm CT This live Q&A series is open to clinical and administrative nursing home staff members and others who have completed...