The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a toolkit highlighting innovative strategies that Medicare accountable care organizations use to coordinate and manage care for their diverse beneficiary populations. “Approaches to care coordination include both system-wide initiatives and targeted interventions that support individuals with
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The American Hospital Association recently highlighted a Duke Endowment-funded program by NCHA and the South Carolina Hospital Association to optimize care transitions and increase patient engagement. The associations collaborated to provide a forum to share best practices and data, as well as offer
Read more →NCHA is committed to helping cultivate underrepresented women and men into healthcare leadership roles. We are launching a year-long mentorship program in 2019 to connect leaders who are willing to share their knowledge and experience to high-achieving women and men from underrepresented communities. See the flyer for
Read more →NCHA and NCHA Strategic Partners is having a workshop on May 7 at NCHA in Cary on the 340B Discount Drug Program. Despite being around since 1992, 340B remains one of the most misunderstood federal programs and continues to face increasing scrutiny from Congress and the
Read more →NCHA is offering several online learning opportunities in May. See the full line up here and below: Webinar: Retaining Millennials in Today’s Workforce May 7 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm The Millennial generation is a force to be reckoned with. They are talented, innovative, entrepreneurial, and
Read more →Save the dates of July 17-19 to join us at NCHA’s 2019 Summer Membership Meeting at the Pinehurst Resort. This year’s theme is “Reimagining Healthcare: Our Communities, Our Future.” The program includes the opening trade show reception, excellent education sessions and speakers, an awards
Read more →PatientPing, the nation’s leading care coordination platform, has expanded its statewide efforts to support high-risk, high-utilizing patients throughout North Carolina. In North Carolina alone, the PatientPing platform is being leveraged by more than 500 hospitals, emergency departments, post-acute facilities, provider organizations, and payers to reduce healthcare
Read more →The FirstHealth of the Carolinas Board of Directors have selected Mickey W. Foster as the health system’s new CEO. Foster is currently the president of Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital and senior vice president for Cone Health in Greensboro, a position he has
Read more →Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has released the 2019 version of his Medicare-for-All bill “to guarantee health care to every American as a right, not a privilege.” The Sanders’ legislation would fundamentally transform “the country’s dysfunctional health care system by eliminating profit-driven health insurance
Read more →Atrium Health is hosting an all-day training by The National Ebola Training and Education Center on May 10 at Carolinas HealthCare System NorthEast in Concord. It will include lessons learned from those treating Ebola patients in 2014-2015 at US hospitals. See the attached flyer for
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