Innovation/New Models of Care
The ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Association (AHA) today awarded the Carolyn Boone Lewis Living the Vision Award to Saint Elizabeths Medical Center, Wabasha, Minn., for its work in improving the health of its communities through actions that go beyond traditional hospital care.
Late July 25, CMS proposed a new payment model that would bundle payment to acute care hospitals for heart attack and cardiac bypass surgery services.
Signatures Needed for House Letter Urging CMS to Provide Regulatory Relief for PAC Providers in APMs
Signatures needed for bipartisan House letter urging CMS to provide regulatory relief for post-acute
Reps. Pat Tiberi (R-OH) and Ron Kind (D-WI) are asking their colleagues to sign a Dear Colleague letter urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide regulatory relief for post-acute care providers entering into alternative payment models.
AHA Executive Dialogue Series on Behavioral Health Care
Integrating Behavioral Health: Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Napa, CA
On March 8, CMS issued a proposed rule to test new models for how Medicare Part B pays for prescription drugs provided in physician offices and hospital outpatient departments, and by durable medical equipment suppliers.
Learn how SHGMH has worked with Newago County Mental Health (NCMH) to integrate behavioral health in Newaygo County, including embedding a NCMH clinician at two Rural Health Clinics. Speakers will share the impact of a comprehensive partnership between physical and behavioral health providers.
In this discussion, Larry Phillips, D.C.S.W., Program Manager and Norah Erb R.N. Director of Nursing Practice SSM, St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, will describe an innovative approach to integrating physical and behavioral care, via a monitored care unit.
What is it?
The Violence Intervention Program is an intensive hospital-based intervention that provides social assistance to victims of violent injury. Victims receive assessment, counseling and social support from a multidisciplinary team to help make critical changes in their lives. Although…
What is it?
Harborview is testing an innovative approach to gun violence patterned on alcohol and substance abuse interventions. After clinical staff treat patients’ gunshot wounds, social workers interview them and begin to address high-risk behaviors. Following discharge, a case manager is…