Recently the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) jointly sponsored a webinar briefing on the Quality of Health Care in New York State.  This represented the first time that NCQA has prepared reports highlighting trends in health care on 122 measures of quality, comparing one state, New Read more

Content for this blog post was provided by Susan Maxsween, Director of RMS Healthcare – Practice Transformation, and her team – Karen Joncas, Healthcare Transformation Coordinator, and Al Tripodi, Healthcare Administrative Assistant. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has just announced incentives for early adoption of its Patient-Centered Specialty Practice Recognition.  For information about Read more

Content for this blog post was provided by Susan Maxsween, Director of RMS Healthcare – Practice Transformation, and her team – Karen Joncas, Healthcare Transformation Coordinator, and Al Tripodi, Healthcare Administrative Assistant. RMS Healthcare has assisted clients in a variety of transformation activities custom designed to meet specific organizational goals. Clients may seek assistance in order to Read more

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

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