RMS helps practices become ‘Best in Class’. Our healthcare transformation services division assists practices in achieving NCQA PPC® PCMH™ recognition. RMS is a healthcare services firm in Upstate, NY.

RMS Healthcare, a division of Research & Marketing Strategies, Inc., located in upstate New York, is pleased to announce that FLH Medical, PC practices have been awarded PPC®-PCMH™ Level 3 Recognition from National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). RMS is a healthcare transformation services organization in Syracuse NY.

This blog post discusses the launch of the new RMS newsletter, the Quality Care Courier. RMS is a healthcare transformation services organization in New York.

Looking for a healthcare transformation services organization? The Research & Marketing Strategies (RMS) Healthcare division specializes in assisting primary care physician practices in transforming to patient centered medical homes (PCMH)

This blog post was written by our guest blogger, Susan Maxsween, Healthcare Transformation Manager, here at Research & Marketing Strategies (RMS). Improved patient care and coordination of care has captured the attention of the healthcare delivery system nationwide.  With the inception of the concept of Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH), much attention has been directed to Read more

How to Attain Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition? This blog post offers some information to attain recognition by year’s end 2011 and beyond.

When it comes to improving your HCAHPS® scores, you may not know where to start.  Or maybe you are a hospital who scores very well in specific survey composites such as Responsiveness of Hospital Staff or Nurse Communications but you cannot figure out why your recent discharges rate your Doctor Communications so low.  Or perhaps you Read more

Did you know that CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) allows hospitals to change their approved HCAHPS® survey vendor on a quarterly basis?  That means you can select a new HCAHPS® vendor at four different times during the calendar year.  This depends on the current contract you have with your vendor, but if you Read more

This blog post was written by our guest blogger, Susan Maxsween, Healthcare Transformation Manager, here at Research & Marketing Strategies (RMS). The movement of healthcare practices to get PPC®-PCMH™ recognized is a nationwide happening. According to the recently published NCQA Monthly E-Newsletter, they reported that Vermont is building a delivery system, which is built on a Read more

This blog post was written by our guest blogger, Susan Maxsween, Practice Transformation Manager, here at Research & Marketing Strategies (RMS). Not everyone likes to admit they need help. In fact, most people would rather dive headfirst into the unknown without a clue. This rings true both on the individual scale (such as the age-old Read more