Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Updated videos are available on these topics: BIMS and BIMS Summary Score: Stopping and Coding an Incomplete Interview Explainer Video(3m23s)             This video was developed to assist providers in accurately determining when the Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) should be stopped, and how to code…… Continue reading CMS Posts Updated Item Set Videos

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Patient safety research is growing, spanning across more healthcare settings, and considers a wide array of contextual factors. The combination of emerging patient safety threats and the growing amount of published patient safety research, patient safety resources, and accrediting body standards makes it increasingly difficult to…… Continue reading AHRQ Effective Healthcare Protocols for Patient Safety Available on Multiple Topics

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rulerequires that covered entities and its business associates conduct a risk assessment of their healthcare organization. A risk assessment helps your organization ensure it is compliant with HIPAA’s administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. A risk assessment also helps reveal areas where…… Continue reading Security Risk Assessment Tool Updated

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare September is Healthy Aging Month — and to celebrate, ODPHP (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) is launching the Social Determinants of Health and Older Adults resource.  Here’s a peak at what that landing page has to offer: I encourage you to bookmark and use…… Continue reading New Resource on Social Determinants of Health and Older Adults

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP  Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare With advances in effective HIV treatment, people with HIV are living longer, healthier lives. National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAD) was launched on September 18, 2008, by The AIDS Institute. This observance highlights the complex issues related to HIV prevention, care, and treatment for adults…… Continue reading National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the December 2023 refresh. The data contained within the Preview Reports…… Continue reading IRF Provider Preview Reports Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the December 2023 refresh. The data contained within the Preview Reports are…… Continue reading LTCH Provider Preview Reports Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Don’t miss the opportunity to join fellow healthcare colleagues in sharing important insights regarding infection control education. CDC’s Project Firstline is working with partners to conduct a new round of focus groups about how to educate and train healthcare workers on infection control best practices, including…… Continue reading Now Recruiting for Focus Groups on Infection Control Education

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Acumen LLC on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a public, virtual listening session. On behalf of CMS, we are seeking feedback from administration and management staff, software vendors, and clinical staff on the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Quality Reporting…… Continue reading Registration Open: LTCH QRP Listening Session