Great Plains Quality Innovation Network
Quality Experts
Our team of subject matter experts offers technical assistance, tailored education, best practices, tools and resources for healthcare organizations and Medicare consumers. We look forward to serving as your quality improvement expert, partner and resource in the journey towards improvement.
Our Commitment
We aim to achieve better health care, improved health, safer care and lower healthcare costs. Our team works in conjunction with state partners, while pooling resources and common elements into an organization that can best serve the needs of healthcare providers and Medicare consumers across the region.
New Nursing Home Guidance on Requirements for Notification of Confirmed and Suspected COVID-19 Cases
On May 8, 2020, CMS will publish an interim final rule with comment period, titled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Basic Health Program, and Exchanges; Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Delay of Certain...
CMS COVID-19 Stakeholder Engagement Calls – Week of 4/27/20
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...
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New CMS Updates/Resources for Nursing Homes [Nursing Home Staff Counts, Five Star Rating, FAQs]
Now Available: Nursing Home Five Star Quality Rating System Updates, Nursing Home Staff Counts and Frequently Asked Questions The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) works to ensure the health and safety of nursing home residents by enforcing the...
CMS Updates Infection Control Guidance for Home Health Agencies
CMS last week (4/23/2020) updated its infection control guidance for home health agencies participating in Medicare and Medicaid and for religious non-medical health care institutions participating in Medicare. The home health updates include additional information...
Trump Administration Announces New Nursing Home COVID-19 Transparency Effort
Agencies partner with nursing homes to keep nursing home residents safe April 19, 2020 - Under the leadership of President Trump, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new regulatory requirements that will require nursing homes to inform...
COVID-19 FAQs For Hospitals, Hospital Laboratory and Acute Care Facility Data Reporting
April 10, 2020 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memo and Frequently Asked Questions document intended for hospitals, hospital laboratory and acute care facility data reporting. This document details the Federal Government’s data needs,...
April 16 is National Healthcare Decisions Day
Written by: Michelle Lauckner, RN, CADDCT, CDP, RAC-CT, IP-BC; Quality Improvement Advisor [Great Plains Quality Innovation Network] This day reminds us of the need to not only support our patients and nursing home residents in the formulating and following of Advance...
CMS Issues New Wave of Infection Control Guidance to Protect Patient and Healthcare Workers
CMS Issues New Wave of Infection Control Guidance Based on CDC Guidelines to Protect Patients and Healthcare Workers from COVID-19 Guidance will aid clinicians in various healthcare settings to prevent and mitigate the spread April 8, 2020 - Under the leadership of...
POLST Conversations and Implementation: Virtual Trainings Available
Join a free Zoom session to discuss implementing Physicians Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) into your organization. Sessions will be held once per month through September. Attendance will be limited to 10 people per session, so get registered right away!...
Great Plains Quality Care Coalition
Our Vision: Through collaboration and partnership, we aspire to make healthcare in the Dakotas the best in the nation. We have partnered with committed nursing homes, community leaders and healthcare organizations to improve the care in our communities. Better together.