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41. The National Quality Strategy: Fact Sheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/about/nqs-fact-sheets/nqs-fact-sheet-0214.html
    November 01, 2016 - However, HHS and other Federal agencies play a key role in implementing the National Quality Strategy … The Affordable Care Act requires HHS agencies to develop Agency-Specific Plans to achieve the NQS priorities … The Agency-Specific Plans demonstrate how the agencies from across HHS are helping to implement the … collaboration, cooperation, and consultation on quality-related efforts between Federal departments and agencies … Senior-level representatives from 24 Federal agencies with quality-related missions and programs make

42. AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program: Federal Partnerships in Improving Health Care Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/factsheets/it/hitportfolio/index.html
    January 01, 2020 - Digital Healthcare Research Program recognizes the benefits of leveraging resources with other Federal agencies … Some of AHRQ's most notable collaborations in this regard have been with the following agencies: … AHRQ, in collaboration with CMS, one of its sister Agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services … The program was a resource for agencies needing assistance with plans for using or implementing health … The HITRC incorporates input from relevant sources, including— Other Federal agencies with demonstrated

43. Chapter 6. Discussion and Policy Implications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/patients-families/consumer-exp/reporting/chapter6.html
    August 01, 2022 - 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. … Policy considerations in this area include the following: Coordination among government agencies

44. Technical Assistance for Health Information Technology - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/technical-assistance-health-information-technology-and-health-information/annual-summary/2010
    January 01, 2010 - Medicaid and CHIP agencies have been working toward increased involvement in the planning and implementation … RTI also set up a hotline with a toll-free number that personnel at agencies can call to speak to a member … Project staff continued to update information about Medicaid and CHIP agencies’ initiatives, their plans … The report also discusses policy changes, such as the Affordable Care Act, that will impact Medicaid agencies … value of their health IT initiatives but few could provide any details; 3) the main challenges for agencies

45. 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.

46. Step 4: Communicating and Reporting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/hsrguide/hsrguide4.html
    October 01, 2014 - Step 4 will focus on communicating with and reporting research to three primary stakeholders: funding agencies … Conferences also give you exposure to funding agencies that sponsor the type of work you do. … Maximizing Success How you choose to communicate with funding agencies, the research community, and

47. Patient Safety Metadata - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/patient-safety-metadata/activity/patient-safety-metadata/annual-summary/2010
    January 01, 2010 - Commission, has been a collaborative effort among several health information organizations and Federal agencies … These agencies recognize the need to maintain an Internet-based registry of data standards to be maintained … The USHIK registry supports these initiatives and participating Federal Government health care agencies … As reusable components are identified and agencies begin to collaborate, USHIK is the single point of … continuity among initiatives, agencies, and projects.

48. AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program- Synthesizing evidence to improve health care practice and delivery (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/epc-evidence-reviews-federal-agencies.pdf
    July 01, 2020 - and delivery AHRQ’s Evidence-based Practice Center Program Conducts Evidence Reviews for Federal Agencies … Federal agencies can ask the EPC Program to conduct evidence reviews for specific topics by establishing … These reviews can provide Federal agencies with the evidence needed to inform a variety of policy and … Federal agencies work with AHRQ to define the scope of work. … Federal agencies should estimate about 5 months from agreement on the scope of work to the start of the

49. 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

50. Tool 11: Community Resource Guide (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool11_comm_resource.docx
    June 02, 2025 - agencies and providers who can meet the posthospital and ongoing clinical, behavioral, and social service … It prompts the hospital readmission reduction team to identify community agencies that offer services … The guide prompts the developer to identify and list specific contacts at community agencies to facilitate … Staff Delegate to a social worker to complete with community providers and agencies. … Your hospital social workers, especially recent hires from plans or community practice or agencies.

51. Home Health Agencies Failed To Report Over Half of Falls With Major Injury and Hospitalization Among Their Medicare Patients. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/home-health-agencies-failed-report-over-half-falls-major-injury-and-hospitalization-among
    July 26, 2023 - Book/Report Home Health Agencies Failed To Report Over Half of Falls With Major Injury … Citation Text: Home Health Agencies Failed To Report Over Half of Falls With Major Injury and Hospitalization … Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Home Health Agencies

52. Comparative Reports on Home Health Care, Hospice Care, and Other Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/comparative-reports/home-health.html
    October 01, 2022 - Compare website contains information about the quality of care provided by Medicare-certified home health agencies … government Location: New York Synopsis: Home Care Profiles provide information about home care agencies … The website has information on how home care agencies perform on quality measures such as managing daily

53. 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.

54. 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

55. Establishing a Foundation for Medicaid’s Role in the Adoption of Health Information Technology: Opportunities, Challenges, and Considerations for the Future (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/UMASS%20Final%20Report_0.pdf
    April 01, 2007 - In order for Medicaid agencies to achieve cost, efficiency, and quality improvements while promoting … Medication costs have been an ongoing issue for Medicaid agencies. … health agencies in many States. … What standards should be developed to guide data sharing among Medicaid agencies? … Federal agencies award $1.4 million to patient safety initiative in Massachusetts.

56. 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

57. 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

58. Data Sources and Limitations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/cahps/cahps-database/comparative-data/2017-health-plan-chartbook/data-sources-limitations.html
    October 01, 2017 - Survey results submitted to the CAHPS Database by various survey sponsors, including State Medicaid agencies … CHIP populations were obtained from data submitted directly to the CAHPS Database by State Medicaid agencies

59. 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

60. 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