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JANUARY 30, 2024

Healthcare organizations receive scores from the HCAHPS survey , which according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is “the first national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients’ perspectives of hospital care.” The data is then tabulated to create the HCAHPS score.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

” The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) defines care coordination more holistically as “the process of ensuring that the patient’s health needs and preferences for health information and services are met across the continuum of care.”

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Relias

OCTOBER 14, 2022

This can help improve access to equitable and culturally informed maternity care in under-resourced areas, lower costs, reduce unnecessary medical interventions that contribute to risks of maternal mortality and morbidity,” and more, according to the study’s researchers. Nearly 40% of U.S. counties without OB care.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

Several factors drove these concerns, such as licensing, Medicare/Medicaid?reimbursement, target for interventions.?Thus, amount of telehealth adoption prior to the COVID-19 pandemic,?some some providers?were?weary weary of such innovations in behavioral healthcare. reimbursement, and the availability of the necessary technology among?

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Relias

JULY 14, 2023

More recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Maternity Care Action Plan , which also focuses on improving maternal health outcomes and advancing health equity. Stated goals include reducing premature deliveries, infections, and severe pregnancy complications.

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Relias

JULY 20, 2023

­The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule in August 2022 to improve maternal health outcomes and advance health equity — two of the Biden-Harris Administration’s key priorities. Maternal mortality remains a critical problem in the U.S., which has more than triple the rate of most other high-income countries.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Undermining public trust in vaccines and other critical health interventions could worsen health disparities, particularly in marginalized communities. Social workers rely on science-driven policies to protect the well-being of our clients and communities.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Barbara Lee (D-CA-12) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01) PROVISIONS: » Increase Medicare Reimbursement Rates for clinical social workers (CSWs) from 75 percent to 85 percent of the Physician Fee Schedule. ASK: Cosponsor and support passage. _ The School Social Workers Improving Student Success Act ( H.R. 1415 ) LEAD SPONSORS: Reps.

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