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Quality Measure
Improvement Activities |
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LHCR works with Louisiana nursing
homes to implement quality improvement systems to help improve
the facility's rates for the quality measures of pain
management, pressure ulcers and the use of restraints. Through the Nursing Home Quality
Initiative (NHQI), LHCR helps Louisiana nursing homes implement quality improvement systems to help improve
the facility's rates for the quality measures of pain
management, pressure ulcers and the use of physical restraints.
Below you will find links to
Quality Measure Improvement Activities and helpful
presentations on Coding the MDS. |
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Resources |
Best practices and lessons learned
help everyone improve. Here you will find resources that others
have used to improve their facilities. |
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Links |
Links specific to this topic. |
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Resources |
Best practices and lessons learned
help everyone improve. Here you will find resources that others
have used to improve their facilities. |
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Links |
Links specific to this topic. |
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Resources |
Best practices and lessons learned
help everyone improve. Here you will find resources that others
have used to improve their facilities. |
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Links |
Links specific to this topic. |
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Resources |
Best practices and lessons learned
help everyone improve. Here you will find resources that others
have used to improve their facilities. |
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Links specific to this topic. |
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Nursing Home
Quality Initiative - NHQI |
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Nursing Home
Quality Initiative
(NHQI) - An Overview |
November 2002, CMS
publicly released a report of quality measures for every Medicare
and Medicaid certified nursing home. NHQI compares
individual nursing home scores with state and national averages.
Find out more here. |
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Understanding the
Quality Measures |
Extensive PowerPoint
Presentation explaining the Quality Measures used in the NHQI
and how they are risk adjusted. Please know that this
presentation may take a few minutes to download. |
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What is a QIO? |
Learn about LHCR, the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for Louisiana
and our role in the Nursing Home Quality Initiative |
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Quality Measures & CHSRA
- How they Compare |
A
comparison of the NHQI Quality Measures and CHSRA (Center for
Health Systems Research & Analysis) (PDF file) |
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Frequently Asked Questions
About NHQI |
Here are some of the answers to your
most frequent questions concerning NHQI. (PDF file) |
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Important
Nursing Home Information |
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Nursing Home Links |
Important links to various agencies
and groups associated with the nursing home industry. |
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Quality
Insider |
Current and back issues of the LHCR Publication
for Health Care Providers (Formerly Quality Times-PDF file) |
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Medicare's
Nursing Home Compare
Web Site |
The primary purpose of this tool is
to provide detailed information about the past performance of
every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the
country. |
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How to Use the Nursing Home Compare Web
Site Brochure
(pdf) |
Developed by CMS, this brochure
walks you through logging on to
www.medicare.gov and the
Nursing Home Compare tool to locate quality measure information
on nursing homes across the nation. |
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Nursing Home Compare Sheet
(pdf) |
Caregivers can use this helpful
sheet to ask important questions when visiting a nursing
facility. |
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For
more
Quality Improvement
resources, visit
www.medqic.org |
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