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April 2022: CMS updates National Quality Strategy

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

2020 – Included the voices of patients in performance measures by increasing the number and use of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and Patient Reported Outcome Performance Measures (PRO-PMs) on the CY 2020 list of measures under consideration. She can be reached at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com.

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From Sea to Shining Sea: State Palliative Care Laws Yield Mixed Results

Hospice News

The Oregon advisory group began producing a website to inform health care providers about palliative care, with a particular focus on long term care organizations. Work also began to slow when COVID struck in 2020, and the council’s plans for quarterly meetings fell to twice a year. Bureaucracy is byzantine.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary We’ve talked a lot about comprehensive dementia care on the GeriPal podcast but while the evidence is clear that these programs work, the uptake has been limited largely because there hasn’t been a strong financial case for it. laughter] Eric: That was back in 2020. So we had Care Ecosystem.

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