2008 Activities Survey
Help us determine TMF's educational offerings for
2008. Take the 2008 Activities Survey today and let us know what we
can do for you!
2007-2008 Home Health Immunization Toolkit
The Immunization Toolkit 2007-2008 has been updated with new
information on influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations. New material
is clearly highlighted with a "New" icon. The Toolkit is full of
valuable sample policies, forms, educational materials, references,
and more.
ACH National Campaign
Survey
This voluntary survey will give QIOs valuable feedback on the
ACH National Campaign Best Practice Intervention Packages that are
released each month.
Participants may be selected as the National Campaign Agency of
the Month.
NPI News
CMS announced that through May 23, 2008, CMS will not impose
penalties on covered entities that deploy contingency plans to
facilitate the compliance of their trading partners (e.g. those
health care providers who bill them). More information on NPI
contingency planning can be found on
the CMS Web site.
OASIS
Accuracy Support Packet for ACH (PDF)
To support the National Home Health ACH Campaign, Linda Krulish
representative for the OASIS Certificate and Competency Board has
created an OASIS Accuracy Support Packet - a 20 page guide for
scoring OASIS items used to compute the ACH outcome measure
including CMS Q&As and OBQI Implementation Manual Chapter 8.
Access
OBQI and OBQM CASPER Reports by Branch
Beginning December 18, 2006, the HHA OBQI and HHA OBQM reports
allow the user to request that the report be displayed by branch for
all OBQI and OBQM reports.
Home Health Quality
Improvement National Campaign
Over half of all home health agencies in the nation have signed
up to participate in the Home Health Quality Improvement National
Campaign, which unites home care agencies, state home care
associations, and Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) under the
shared vision of reducing avoidable hospitalizations to improve the
quality of patient care.
CASPER FAQ Sheet
Use this FAQ sheet to assist you with the new Casper: Case Mix
Analysis Reports.
SIX
SIGMA: Quality Improvement with the Bottom Line in Mind
Listen to this teleconference to find out how VitalCare, a
multi-product line home care agency, used Six Sigma as the framework
for improving their quality outcomes.
MedQIC Educational Resources
Access a listing of all resources that were posted on MedQIC in
2006, sorted by disciplines, topic and with the newest material
first. Download the list
in PDF or
Excel format.
