If you haven’t heard already, NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance) has issued some substantial changes to the PCMH™ reporting measures for the coming year. If you’re a practice pursuing or sustaining PCMH Recognition, here’s what you and your team need to know about the NYS PCMH™ Recognition changes, effective January 1, 2022. Notable Changes Read more

The following blog post was written by Susan Maxsween, Senior Director of Healthcare Operations & Compliance at RMS. The New York State Department of Health established a partnership with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) with the goal of launching an enhanced payment model that focuses on patient-centered practice transformation in all New York Read more

The following blog post was written by Maggy Stewart, Graphic Designer & Marketing Coordinator at RMS. Modern Healthcare has ranked Research & Marketing Strategies, Inc. (RMS) one of the largest patient-satisfaction measurement firms in the United States. Celebrating its milestone 15-year anniversary in 2017, RMS continues to grow its consulting and survey business within the Read more

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Connected Care™ (PCCC™) standards are now available for non-traditional practices wishing to seek recognition of their quality-driven patient care. NCQA is offering this program in response to the plethora of choices that patients have in seeking episodic care as well as the need to emphasize the importance Read more

The following blog post was written by Karen Joncas, a Healthcare Transformation Coordinator at RMS. RMS Healthcare is a leader in healthcare transformation services, and has assisted over 200 practices in their journey to Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition.  Primary care practices that have patients enrolled in a Medicaid or Managed Medicaid insurance program will Read more

This blog post was written by our guest blogger Karen Joncas, Healthcare Transformation Coordinator at Research & Marketing Strategies (RMS). In a recent blog posted in February of 2014, RMS Healthcare announced that National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) would be releasing updated Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) standards in March. On Monday, March 24th, Read more

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.

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, 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

This post was written by our Guest Blogger Susan Maxsween who is our Healthcare Transformation Manager at RMS. Nationally, healthcare delivery is undergoing significant change and reform.  Locally, individual practices are being asked to join this movement, with the expectation of creating  more effective provider communities that: Engages the patient, as a whole person, in Read more