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Nursing home conference shares daily care expertiseAt the “Quality Tools for Daily Care” conference, staff from Oregon nursing homes and state agencies learned from national experts about best practices and solutions for improving nursing home care—including prevention and care of costly pressure ulcers. More... State program oversees licensees’ compliance with monitoring agreementsOregon’s statewide Health Professionals’ Services Program is up and running, consolidating diversion programs for professional licensees who are impaired because of substance abuse disorders, mental health disorders, or both. Acumentra Health will play a supporting role by monitoring licensees’ compliance with the program. Acumentra Health continues as EQRO for DMAPAcumentra Health has renewed its contract with the Division of Medical Assistance Programs to provide external quality review of medical services for Oregon Health Plan enrollees. More... Oregon hospitals achieve full Medicare validationReporting clinical quality data to the Medicare program is a challenging task with important benefits for patients and providers. In the most recent quarter, eight Oregon hospitals achieved a 100 percent score on validation of medical records submitted for Medicare quality assurance and reporting. More... OAIC mini-grant to improve adult immunization ratesFunds from the Oregon Adult Immunization Coalition will help Northwest Primary Care educate nurses in advance of an internal “Hot Shot” competition to boost immunization rates. More...
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Q-News, Issue 24 Portions of this material were prepared by Acumentra Health, Oregon’s Medicare Quality Improvement Organization, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. 9SOW-OR-GEN-10-04 |
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