The following blog post was written by Shannon Beebe, Manager of Healthcare Operations. RMS Healthcare is pleased to provide ongoing relevant information on healthcare trends and specific transformation activities. We understand the importance of identifying and assessing Social Determinants of Health and the impact on care delivery and management. Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) play Read more

We would like to take this opportunity to share recent updates with you pertinent to PCMH™ Recognition. National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) continues in their commitment to New York State Patient-Centered Medical Home (NYS PCMH) Recognition. They recently announced that effective January 1, 2020 that attestations for specific NYS PCMH criteria would not be Read more

By Susan Maxsween Updated 3/22/19 from a previous blog post Practices making the commitment to become a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) are embarking on an exciting, enlightening, and an empowering journey. Practices also recognize that this journey can be complex, challenging, and in the end, extremely rewarding. This process may require re-engineering of operating structure, development Read more

The following blog post was written by Mark Dengler, President of RMS. It’s hard to believe that it’s that time again — regulators are looking for New York counties and healthcare systems to update and refresh their local community healthcare priorities by conducting a Community Health Assessment (CHA). Additionally, many non-profit hospitals are also coming Read more

The following blog post was written by the RMS Business Development Team. With a large number of healthcare consulting & research firms out there, how do you go about selecting the best fit for your consultative needs? Whether it’s patient satisfaction surveys or health needs assessments you’re looking to conduct, partnering with a healthcare consulting 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 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

With the growth of patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) and the advent of payment reform, care managers are expected to serve an increasing role in managing high risk patients. According to a recent Healthcare Intelligence Network survey care managers in patient-centered medical homes have grown by 20% in the last two years alone. Long-term transformation and Read more

Practices making the commitment to become a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) are embarking on an exciting, enlightening, and an empowering journey.  Practices also recognize that this journey can be complex, challenging, and in the end, extremely rewarding.  This process may require re-engineering of operating structure, development of policies and procedures, and assessment of current operations. 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