Advance Care Planning Overview
Advance Care Planning is an important piece of one’s healthcare; however, it is often overlooked and individuals often do not know how to navigate the process. This flyer makes that process easier for those who want to start planning for their end-of-life care or start the conversation with a loved one.
Recruitment and Retention of Millennials in Long-Term Care
This Telligen webinar recorded in March 2019 with Roberta L. Harrison, PhD, RN, is for long-term care professionals seeking to strengthen staff retention. The presentation addresses questions like these: How do different generations of nurses view work, professional growth, communication and recognition? Is a job posting enough to recruit millennials? What does the millennial nurse …
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Revisiting Critical Elements of the QAPI Plan: Be Prepared When the CMS Temporary Enforcement Remedies of 2017 Expire
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) November 2017 memo from the Survey and Certification group that issued a 18-month moratorium suspending civil monetary penalties for certain Phase Two requirements of the CMS nursing home Requirements of Participation will soon expire. This includes Tag F865- QAPI Plan. Now is the time to ensure your …
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Recovery
This presentation by Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, director of the Center for Multi-System Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic at American Institutes for Research (AIR), offers an overview of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid-use disorders. The presentation covers addiction as a chronic medical condition, the differences among the three Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved opioid use disorder (OUD) …
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QAPI Relay – Long-Stay Quality Measure Coding Improvements: Worsening Independent Movement
This 30-minute webinar recorded in March 2019 is a continuation of the Telligen QAPI Relay Series. During this webinar, the Telligen team discusses the long-stay quality measure, “Residents Whose Ability to Move Independently Worsened” and reviews how to code this measure in section G along with ways to improve your coding.
Quality Measures for All Specialties
This document provides a list of the 2019 cross-cutting quality measures that are broadly applicable to all clinicians regardless of their specialty. Return to 2019 QPP Toolkit
Quality Measures Removed for MIPS 2019
This table displays the quality measures that were removed for 2019 MIPS reporting year. Many of the removed measures were popular in 2017 and 2018 reporting years. Return to 2019 QPP Toolkit
Quality Measures for the 2019 CMS Web Interface
This document is a quick reference to basics of the CMS Web Interface and the 10 required measures. Return to 2019 QPP Toolkit
Promoting Interoperability Public Health Exclusions
The Public Health Measure requires the reporting of two different public health agencies or clinical data registries and/or the opportunity to claim exclusion(s). Failure to submit a numerator or claim an exclusion will result in a zero being earned in the PI category. This resource guides you through the exclusion options. Return to 2019 …
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Promoting Interoperability Scoring Table
This document is a quick glance at the Promoting Interoperability objective/measure titles with the maximum scoring points available per measure. Return to 2019 QPP Toolkit