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Senior MedPAC Analyst Speaks at VNAA Annual Meeting
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May 8th, 2012
Kim Neuman, senior analyst for hospice issues at the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), joined about 40 VNAA members in a Hospice Roundtable at the VNAA Annual Meeting last week in Phoenix, Arizona. In addition to meeting with members, Neuman also had a site visit with Hospice of the...
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Member Survey of Quality and Performance Improvement Programs
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May 8th, 2012
In the coming weeks, please look for the VNAA survey on your agency’s Quality/Performance Improvement Activities. As we create our Quality Initiative, we are asking that you complete this survey so we can understand how quality/performance improvement is addressed at your agency. A summary of VNAA...
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VNAA Hospice Roundtable Call On Quality and Upcoming CMS Webinars
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Apr 16th, 2012
Robin Dowell, Nurse Consultant, from the Office of Clinical Standards and Quality at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), presented on April 5 to more than 70 VNAA members on quality measures. Robin discussed the two measures required for FY 2014 update along with the required data...
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CMS Webinars: Training for Hospices on First Year of Data Collection April 11 and 19
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Apr 9th, 2012
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has asked VNAA to forward the following information on to our members regarding CMS Webinars on Hospice data collection and reporting.
CMS is hosting two training Webinars to help hospices prepare for the Hospice Quality Reporting Program...
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Hospice Roundtable Call April 5: CMS on Quality Measures/ MedPAC in May
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Apr 2nd, 2012
The VNAA Hospice Roundtable will meet on April 5, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST (12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. PST). Special guest, Robin Dowell, Nurse Consultant for the Office of Clinical Standards and Quality at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), will speak with VNAA members for...
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Hospice Quality Reporting: VNAA Reschedules Training and Offers New CMS Training Opportunity
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Mar 19th, 2012
Hospice quality reporting is scheduled to start in 2013 however, agencies will need to start collecting data in the fourth quarter of 2012 (October 1 – December 31, 2012).
Two reporting measures will be required: 1) Structural Measure or QAPI Measure and 2) NQF 0209 or Pain Measure. Hospices...
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