Courtney Yule

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3 SPARCS data submission deadlines to know before 2024

Tackling Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System data is a large lift for New York state Article 28 hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. This can be even more challenging when the state updates or adds SPARCS requirements and adjusts...

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5 fast facts on New York’s health equity impact assessment

As of June 22, 2023, New York state hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers are among the New York Article 28 facilities that must file Health...

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4 Provider benefits under the Making Care Primary model

The Making Care Primary model presents a unique new opportunity for practices to deliver advanced primary care over 10.5 years. As a primary care...

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Key strategies to combat market disrupters in healthcare

In the last three years, market disrupters in healthcare have increased their activity and deepened their presence. Although they bring about change,...

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How NCQA's Health Equity Accreditation impacts health disparities

Multiple organizations have prioritized provider health equity requirements — from new CMS priorities in their Framework for Health Equity to...

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2024 IPPS final rule announced: 3 changes you need to know

In August, CMS published the final Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment rule for the federal fiscal year 2024. Most changes announced in the...

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Community Health Assessment (CHA): How-to overcome the hardest step

Data is at the heart of a Community Health Assessment. CHAs exist to collect community input, use that feedback to identify unmet needs and intervene...

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Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA): 3 Ways to simplify the process

Assessing the needs of a community — through preparation, coordination and implementation — does more than check a box. It provides hospitals with...

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Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) 2024 annual rule

CMS’ proposed Calendar Year 2024 Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment System rule includes updates to:

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What’s next for CMS bundled payments?

CMS released important updates for Model Year 7 of Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced. Providers who applied and have been accepted into...

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