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HealtHIE Nevada Town Hall
Las Vegas
Tuesday March 19, 2013
7:30 am to 11:30 am
Brady Industries
Reno
Thursday, March 21, 2013
7:30 am to 11:30 am
REMSA Education
The Patient with Hypertension: Treatment Goals & Management Webinar
Friday, June 7, 2013
9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. MT
The Health Sciences Institute invites you to join their webinar where they will:
- Detail the prevalence of hypertension in the U.S.
- Describe the change in goal BP in 2013 with new guidelines
- Summarize lifestyle changes and hypertension self-care
- Review medication guidelines for treatment of hypertension
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Greetings!
 Welcome to the Clinically Speaking eNewsletter. We hope you find this monthly newsletter a valuable resource as we keep you updated on healthcare specific issues, such as; diabetes care, health information technology, cardiac care, and upcoming events that are relevant to your work. |
Meaningful Use Help - No Fee Slots Still Available
Over 1,300 primary care providers have taken advantage of the FULLY subsidized services offered by the HealthInsight Regional Extension Center (REC). HealthInsight offers a full range of services to help you, as a primary care provider, achieve Meaningful Use at no cost. However, less than 150 openings remain for primary care physicians to receive these subsidized services. To ensure that you do not miss this opportunity, please contact HealthInsight today. We will be happy to discuss the advantages of partnering with HealthInsight and enroll you in our program at NO cost through Stage I Meaningful Use. In order to guarantee enrollment, you will need to have a signed service level agreement with HealthInsight.
If you are already working with the REC, please share this message with your physician colleagues.
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Nevada Hospitals Continue to Reduce Admissions and Readmissions
Hospitals in Nevada have been working to reduce hospital admissions and readmissions, and both have been steadily declining. The overall state rates have decreased, as have the rates for a coalition of hospitals who have come together to improve Care Transitions. One might expect that readmissions will decrease when admissions decrease, however the readmission rate has been declining faster than the admission rate, an indication that real strides have been made in the fight to reduce hospital readmissions.
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Admissions & Transitions Optimization Program
HealthInsight Nevada is one of seven organizations across the nation selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to lead the Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents. The statewide initiative titled Admissions and Transitions Optimization Program (ATOP) will test models to improve the quality of care and help reduce avoidable hospitalizations by 67% in 25 of Nevada's Medicare-Medicaid certified eligible nursing facilities by 2016.
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Meaningful Use - Do Not Delay! Medicare Incentives Dwindling, Disincentives Looming
If you have not yet started meaningful use, 2013 would be a good year to start. In 2014, eligible professionals who have not done 90 days of meaningful use will lose an additional $15,000 from the maximum Medicare incentive payment. This reduction in payment does not affect eligible professionals receiving the Medicaid incentive.
If you have already done meaningful use for your first year, don't stop now, otherwise, you may miss out on Medicare incentive payments. Read more. . .
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March is National Colorectal Cancer
Awareness Month
 According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, "Among cancers that affect both men and women, colorectal cancer(cancer of the colon or rectum) is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Every year, about 140,000 Americans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and more than 50,000 people die from it." Read more. . . For tools, resources, and to get more information, visit the CDC website here. |
CME Opportunities for Providers!
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's website has CME opportunities for Providers. Each CME activity offers different requirements for earning a credit certificate of certificate of participation. To learn more click
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About Our Work
This information is provided by HealthInsight, a private, non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to improving health and health care. HealthInsight serves as the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization, Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center, and manages HealtHIE Nevada, Your Health Information Exchange in Nevada. HealthInsight leads an initiative to improve diabetes care, cardiac care, population-based care, and improve the use of health information technology. To learn more about us, visit our website at:
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This material was prepared by HealthInsight, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Nevada and Utah, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. 10SOW-UT-2013-PO-33 This material was prepared by HealthInsight as part of our work as the Regional Extension Center for Nevada and Utah, under grant #90RC0033/01 from the Office of the National Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services. |
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