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May 20, 2019
HEDIS Asthma Measures Seek to Improve Health Outcomes
When treating patients with persistent asthma, it’s important to monitor whether they are using the appropriate medications and in the correct ratio. NCQA/HEDIS asthma measures provide important benchmarks for ensuring optimal health outcomes in these patients.
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May 20, 2019
Improving Health Outcomes During Transitions of Care
Patients, particularly the elderly and those with complex health needs, are at increased risk of complications and poor health outcomes when communication between care settings and providers is not well coordinated and documented. The NCQA/HEDIS Transitions of Care (TRC) measure is intended to improve patient outcomes by reducing or eliminating the incidence of medication errors,…
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May 20, 2019
Intensive Outpatient Therapy: An Effective Approach to Treating Eating Disorders
The HPA/LiveWell intensive outpatient program (IOP) is widely regarded in the Capital District and Hudson Valley as the standard for outpatient treatment of eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating, and other conditions related to eating and feeding. In contrast to inpatient therapy programs for eating disorders, which are often costly and located…
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April 30, 2019
Accurate HIV Coding Can Improve Patient Care
CDPHP supports the NYS Department of Health (DOH) initiative to remove barriers and combat the stigma associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and treatment. In 2018, the DOH updated HIV testing regulations, removing the requirement to obtain either written or verbal consent from patients. This change has helped to streamline access to HIV…
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April 30, 2019
Performance Opportunity Project: Keeping HARP Members Connected
CDPHP has offered case management services to our Medicaid Health and Recovery Plan (HARP) members since 2016. These are members who are identified as having significant behavioral and medical health needs. Our HARP case management team works to connect these members to providers and services in an effort to improve their health outcomes.
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March 19, 2019
Seven Tips for Highly Effective Patient Engagement
With ever-increasing documentation requirements and the press of an often jam-packed clinical schedule, physicians are finding it increasingly difficult to establish a trusting, empathic relationship with their patients. Yet patients place great store in the time and attention their physicians give them, and a successful physician-patient partnership can actually improve health outcomes and compliance.
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