Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On June 6, 2023, CMS posted QSO-23-16-Hospitals. When a patient is discharged from a hospital, it is important to provide their post-acute provider and caregivers as applicable with the appropriate patient information related to a patient’s treatment and condition in order to decrease the risk of…… Continue reading CMS Requirements for Hospital Discharges to Post-Acute Care Providers

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Beers Criteria® (AGS Beers Criteria®) for Potentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM) Use in Older Adults is widely used by clinicians, educators, researchers, healthcare administrators, and regulators. Since 2011, the AGS has been the steward of the criteria and has pro-duced updates on…… Continue reading American Geriatrics Society 2023 Updated AGS Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The 2023 CMS Quality Conference convened leaders across the health care spectrum to explore how patients, advocates, providers, researchers, and champions in health care quality improvement can develop and spread solutions to address America’s most pervasive health system challenges. During the virtual conference, which attracted 10,000…… Continue reading CMS National Quality Strategy 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Clean and healthy hands count for all healthcare personnel at every level of healthcare delivery. CDC joins the World Health Organization (WHO) in observing World Hand Hygiene Day. Today and every day, we remind all healthcare personnel that practicing good hand hygiene, such as using an…… Continue reading May 5th is World Hand Hygiene Day — Save Lives – Keep Your Hands Clean!

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare May is always a great month, especially after a long winter.  Signs of spring are everywhere – at least north of the equator.  The last 3 years have been a long winter for all of us but especially those in the healthcare field.  Today, I write…… Continue reading If It’s May, It Must Be National Nurses Month, Week and Day!!

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This final rule will revise the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicare cost plan, and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, health equity, provider directories, coverage criteria, prior…… Continue reading CMS Final Rule: Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), Medicare Cost Plan and Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare I’m showcasing an article authored last week by Anita Everett, M.D. DFAPA, Director of the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) that spoke to me when I read it. With all the chaos of the past 3+ years of the PHE, coupled with other threats to…… Continue reading May is Mental Health Awareness Month – A Time for Self-Care

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare April 27, 2023 … The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today unveiled two notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs), Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (Access NPRM) and Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality (Managed Care NPRM), that together would further strengthen access to and quality of care across Medicaid…… Continue reading Administration Proposes New Standards to Help Ensure Access to Quality Health Care in Medicaid and CHIP  

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted Transmittal 11996 on April 27, 2023: There are 2 pages of this 46-page Transmittal that identify revisions and deletions to this Manual.

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On April 18, 2023, President Biden announced “the most comprehensive set of executive actions any President has ever taken to improve care for hard-working families while supporting care workers and family caregivers.” The President’s Executive Order provides for numerous initiatives, including: Make child care and long-term…… Continue reading FACT SHEET: Administration Announces Most Sweeping Set of Executive Actions to Improve Care in History