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41. CAHPS Home Health Care Survey (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/home/about/about-cahps-home-health-care-survey-rev.pdf
    September 01, 2017 - asks patients who receive home health care services about their experiences with home health care agencies … focuses on patients who receive skilled home health care services from Medicare-certified Home Health Agencies … Providers, State agencies, and other organizations that serve patient communities can use the survey … Use of this survey is required of all Medicare-certified home health agencies that serve 60 or more … All participating agencies volunteered to participate and all were Medicare-certified.

42. AHRQ Views Blog: AHRQ’s Signature Data Resources Poised To Inform the Battle against COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/715.html
    June 01, 2020 - Lower Medicare Payments May Limit Growth of Home Health Agencies in Some Rural Counties . … Lower Medicare Payments May Limit Growth of Home Health Agencies in Some Rural Counties When rural … from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) were lower, the availability of home health agencies … Since 2001, federal statutes have intermittently provided higher-than-standard payments to home health agencies … ’ analysis of data from CMS and Home Health Compare showed no significant difference in home health agencies

43. Spotlight on Maryland -- The National Evaluation of the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/statesummaries/chipra-750-maryland-state-snapshot.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - Maryland also customized an electronic system that CMEs and child-serving agencies can use to report … Spotlight on Maryland January 2018 • Analyzed data across agencies to identify ways to improve CME … The researchers also helped child-serving agencies and CMEs establish data-sharing agreements, reduce … data challenges caused some delays, the researchers were able to analyze data across child- serving agencies … The information in this brief comes from interviews conducted with staff at Maryland agencies, CMEs

44. Weighted Summary Statistics: PUF Medicaid Outpatient File (Version 2) (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-PUF-Summary-Statistics-Medicaid-Outpatient-Weighted.pdf
    September 26, 2023 - 79.71 59: Ambulance service (private) 151,110 0.10 122,640,243 79.81 60: Public health or welfare agencies … (federal, state, and local) 75,268 0.05 122,715,510 79.85 61: Voluntary health or charitable agencies … Non-Medicare) 848 0.00 153,674,684 100.00 T1000-T5999: National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies … Non-Medicare) 808 0.00 153,674,738 100.00 T1000-T5999: National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies … Non-Medicare) 652 0.00 153,674,660 100.00 T1000-T5999: National Codes Established for State Medicaid Agencies

45. 67. For the Patient Willing To Quit (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide67.html
    October 01, 2014 - Sources : Federal agencies, nonprofit agencies, national quitline network (1-800-QUIT-NOW), or local

46. Appendix 2-C. External Linking Policy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/es/research/publications/pubcomguide/pcguide2apc.html
    June 01, 2020 - AHRQ links only to: Other HHS agencies. Other Federal agencies. … The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requires Federal agencies to perform risk assessments of external

47. Appendix 2-C. External Linking Policy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/publications/pubcomguide/pcguide2apc.html
    June 01, 2020 - AHRQ links only to: Other HHS agencies. Other Federal agencies. … The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requires Federal agencies to perform risk assessments of external

48. GAO Uses AHRQ Research in Report on IT and Government's Role in Emergency Preparedness | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/coe0607.html
    October 01, 2014 - The GAO report, Bioterrorism: Information Technology (IT) Strategy Could Strengthen Federal Agencies … The evidence report aided GAO in working with Federal agencies to develop a comprehensive list of Federal … GAO staff used the evidence report as an information base for gathering further data from federal agencies

49. Chapter 3 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/vision/resources/vision3.html
    October 01, 2002 - , private agencies, veterans administration programs, charitable agencies and independent living centers … State vocational rehabilitation agencies may serve as a referral source to these clinics. … Ophthalmologists and optometrists may refer patients to State agencies, and the agencies may refer clients … A number of private agencies offer services for low vision rehabilitation. … versus agencies specialized in serving the visually impaired.

50. Evaluating the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program: An Overview (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/qtag-presentation.pdf
    September 01, 2015 - programmers - Established State-level workgroups on quality of care measures - Worked across State agencies … States did - Worked with State-level stakeholders (health plans, practice groups, child-serving agencies … States (for example, AK, FL, IL, MA, ME, NC, PA) used reports to 1) Compare performance of plans, agencies … school-based health centers (SBHCs) to enhance patient centered medical home (PCMH) features Agencies … Interoperability between practices EHRs and State databases - Managing collaborations with multiple State agencies

51. Amplify Your Impact on Child Health Care Quality: Learning from the CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grant Program (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/amplify-impact-webinar.pdf
    June 01, 2017 - States – New scope-of-work provisions in State-university contracts – New units in State Medicaid agencies … • Multiple agencies serve youth with complex behavioral health needs – Poorly coordinated services … Single agency Multiple agencies Federal funding State-only funding Federal funding Payment model … decisions Monitor and refine CMEs Administrative data analysis Provider surveys Interview agencies … level reporting • Engaging target audiences to design quality reports Quality measures • Engaging agencies

52. Chapter 6. Discussion and Policy Implications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/consumer-exp/reporting/chapter6.html
    October 01, 2014 - Private individuals or government agencies could obtain legal orders (e.g., subpoenas) requiring the … However, a related issue is the response of regulatory agencies to such information. … Should these agencies/organizations be required to respond? … Coordination and collaboration among organizations/agencies involved in patient safety. … There may be issues with other Federal agencies that currently have consumer reporting systems or may

53. Technology Based on AHRQ-Funded Research Used to Track Tuberculosis in Homeless | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cp31308.html
    May 01, 2013 - to Track Tuberculosis in Homeless Search All Impact Case Studies May 2013 A coalition of agencies … The finding led to the Skid Row Homeless Healthcare Initiative, a collaboration of 28 agencies and social … Some challenges were encountered, including varying skill levels among collaborating agencies in using … project faced higher than expected costs from legal fees incurred in developing legal agreements for agencies

54. Part 2: Assessing State Readiness to Design and Implement CMEs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/implementation-guides/implementation-guide2/implguide2pt2.html
    September 01, 2014 - could have: A history of collaboration to improve the coordination of services and financing across agencies … Child-serving agencies, youth, families, and the provider community in the State meaningfully engage … Capacity to obtain and analyze demographic, cost, and service utilization data from multiple child-serving agencies … Analyzing data from multiple child-serving agencies facilitates: Understanding how the State currently

55. Hospital Evacuation Decision Guide (Table 6) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/shuttered/hospevactab6.html
    July 01, 2018 - Are local law enforcement agencies understaffed due to self-evacuations or significant additional responsibilities … Availability of local emergency response agencies Are local emergency response agencies understaffed … Unavailability of local fire agencies increases the risk of sheltering-in-place.

56. 2012 Annual Progress Report to Congress National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/reports/2012-annual-report.html
    November 01, 2016 - The National Quality Strategy has also led to new collaborations across agencies in the Federal government … Through the Interagency Working Group on Health Care Quality, Federal agencies are identifying ways to … This work serves as a model for other agencies as they implement their strategic quality plans. … Colorado has brought together State departments and agencies to share data around key National Quality … HHS created a template for these plans for use by individual agencies, and all agencies have now completed

57. Acronym FOA Has Been Retired | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/nofo.html
    August 01, 2021 - NOFO (notice of funding opportunity) to align with the use of this term across Federal grant-making agencies

58. National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/about/agency-specific-quality-strategic-plans/nqs4.html
    November 01, 2016 - Innovation and improvement of risk management approaches through collaborations between federal agencies … Areas of Coordination or Alignment Demonstration of coordination or alignment with other federal agencies … (i.e., involvement of other agencies in program planning or execution, mechanisms for sharing best practices … Areas of Coordination or Alignment Demonstration of coordination or alignment with other federal agencies … (i.e., involvement of other agencies in program planning or execution, mechanisms for sharing best practices

59. Designing Care Management Entities for Youth with Complex Behavioral Health Needs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/what-we-learned/implementation-guides/implementation-guide2/index.html
    September 01, 2014 - They often receive services from multiple agencies, and these agencies may not always coordinate services … Care Management Entities (CMEs) are designed to coordinate services provided by the many State agencies … The guide may also be useful for county agencies if they are responsible for financing behavioral health … State CHIPRA quality demonstration staff, CME staff, and representatives from various child-serving agencies

60. Who Could Partner in a Health Care Quality Reporting Project? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/plan/partners/index.html
    May 01, 2019 - Many private sector companies never even think to talk with purchasers or other agencies in the public … Public sponsors include the many agencies that purchase health care benefits on behalf of State employees … Other State agencies often involved in health care quality reporting include health departments, insurance … departments, offices on aging, human services agencies, and government-sponsored health care commissions … Moreover, public entities—especially regulatory agencies—imply the promise (or threat) of a political