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Could primary care at home unlock better health and lower costs for American families? Rebekah Gee, a physician and policymaker turned entrepreneur, joins us to talk about the big bet her company Nest Health is making on home-based primary care. It's a model that makes sense for families and delivers results. In the first year of operations Nest doubled primary care visits, reduced ER visits, and increased childhood immunizations.We discuss:The sound economics behind the Medicaid expansion in LouisianaWhat she learned from her mentor, astronaut John GlennHow to close the primary care gap for children and parents Whether ultra processed foods are the next tobaccoRebekah shared about an exchange with Elon Musk on the short sightedness of Medicaid cuts:“So Nest came out with our savings numbers. We put out some really good information about the health of children and the opportunities. And Elon Musk retweeted it. So as a result of that, we actually got a lot of press. But I wrote back to him and said, ‘I'm glad you like this concept. And just remember, don't cut health care for children because we'll be paying far more for that than you will ever save.' ”Relevant LinksRead more about Nest HealthWatch: Dr. Rebekah Gee on what entrepreneurs need to know about MedicaidLearn about Alaska's Nuka system of careEvidence from the Nurse Family Partnership about the impact of home-based careAbout Our GuestDr. Rebekah Gee is the founder and CEO of Nest Health, a technology-enabled whole-family primary care provider providing care at home and virtually to Americans who struggle to receive comprehensive care. Previously, Dr. Gee served as Secretary of Health for the State of Louisiana. In that cabinet-level role, she led the expansion of Medicaid. As Secretary, she was responsible for nearly half the state budget including Medicaid, public health, aging and adult services, licensure, sanitation, disability services, and a nearly 2,000 bed state hospital system. As Secretary, she developed a first-in-the-nation subscription model for the drugs that cure Hepatitis C that is being used as a national and international model for increased drug access and affordability.Dr. Gee has served as an advisor to multiple Governors, presidential campaigns, and policy efforts at the state and national level. Her board service includes medical advisory support of public companies Select Quote and 3D systems. She has also served as a board member or advisor to Ready Responders, Ouva, Noble, NCQA, NQF, IHI, the Penn Center for Behavioral Economics, and the Duke-Margolis Institute.Connect With UsFor more information on The Other 80 please visit our website - www.theother80.com. To connect with our team, please email claudia@theother80.com and follow us on twitter @claudiawilliams and LinkedInSubscribe to The Other 80 on YouTube so you never miss our video extras or special video...

CECA's Quality Assurance Assistant Directors Jessica Annerley and LaurenKapper provided an overview of the quality in ACT OSHC settings and diverseways that OSHC can meet or exceed the NQF.

Dr. Casey Clements spent two hours breaking down the history and influences in sepsis care over the past three decades and going through the best practices in today's emergency medicine. Do you know how Sepsis is defined currently? What is the difference between SEP - 1 and surviving sepsis campaign? What is the role of steroids or vitamin C? Can you resuscitate these patients with albumin? These and so many more questions will be answered in this two part series. So join Venk like vancomycin, and Alex (aka Zosyn) and Casey "not-cidal" Clements in these amazing episodes.   CONTACTS X - @AlwaysOnEM; @VenkBellamkonda YouTube - @AlwaysOnEM; @VenkBellamkonda Instagram – @AlwaysOnEM; @Venk_like_vancomycin; @ASFinch Email - AlwaysOnEM@gmail.com REFERENCES & LINKS SOFA Score: Vincent JL, MOreno R, Takala J, et al. The SOFA (Sepsis-related organ failure assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction / failure. On Behalf of the working group on Sepsis-Related Problems of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Intensive Care Med. 1996 Jul;22(7):707-10 Vincent JL, de Mendonca A, Cantraine F, et al. Use of the SOFA score to assess the incidence of organ dysfunction / failure in intensive care units: results of a multicenter, prospective study. Working group on ‘sepsis-related problems' of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Crit Care Med. 1998;26(11):1793-1800 Ferreira FL, Bota DP, Bross A, Merlot C, Vincent JL. Serial evaluation of the SOFA score to predict outcomes in critically ill patients. JAMA. 2001 Oct 10;286(14):1754-8 Cardenas-Turanzas M, Ensor J, Wakefield C, Zhang K, Wallace SK, Price KJ, Nates JL. Cross-validation of a sequential organ failure assessment score-based model to predict mortality in patients with cancer admitted to the intensive care unit. J Crit Care. 2012 Dec;27(6):673-80 qSOFA score Seymour CW, Liu VX, Iwashyna TJ, et al. Assessment of clinical criteria for sepsis: for the Third International Consensus Definitions for sepsis and septic shock (Sepsis-3). JAMA. 2016;315(8):762-774 Shankar-Hari M, Phillips GS, Levy ML, et al. Developing a new definition and assessing new clinical criteria for septic shock: For the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and SEptic Shock (Sepsis-3). JAMA. 2016;315(8):775-787 Freund Y, Lemachatti N, Krastinova E, et al. Prognostic accuracy of Sepsis-3 Criteria for in-hospital mortality among patients with suspected infection presenting to the emergency department. JAMA. 2017;317(3):301-308 Raith EP, Udy AA, Bailey M, et al. Prognostic accuracy of the SOFA score, SIRS criteria, and qSOFA score for in-hospital mortality among adults with suspected infection admitted to the intensive care unit. JAMA. 2017;317(3):290-300 Comparing Prognostic scores Henning DJ, Puskarich MA, Self WH, Howell MD, Donnino MW, Yealy DM, Jones AE, Shapiro NI. An Emergency Department validation of the SEP-3 Sepsis and Septic Shock definitions and comparison with 1992 consensus definitions. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Oct;70(4):544-552 IDSA concern Rhee C, Chiotos K, Cosgrove SE, Heil EL, Kadri SS, Kalil AC, Gilbert DN, Masur H, Septimus EJ, Sweeney DA, Strich JR, Winslow DL, Klompas M. Infectious diseases society of america position paper: Recommended revisions to the National Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock early management bundle (SEP-1) Sepsis Quality Measure. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 16;72(4):541-552 About Barcelona Declaration Slade E, Tamber PS, Vincent JL. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: raising awareness to reduce mortality. Crit Care. 2003;7:1-2 1- hour surviving sepsis bundle guidance Freund Y, Khoury A, Mockel M, et al. European Society of Emergency Medicine position paper on the 1-hour sepsis bundle of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign: expression of concern. Eur J Emerg Med. 2019 Aug;26(4):232-233 Early Goal Directed Therapy Rivers E, Nguyen B, Havstad S, et al. Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock. NEJM. 2001 Nov 8;345(19):1368-77 SEP - 1 Quality Measure National Quality Forum Measure submission and evaluation worksheet 5.0 for NQF #0500 Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Management Bundle, last updated Date: Oct 05, 2012. Website link Accessed 01-31-2024: https://www.qualityforum.org/Projects/i-m/Infectious_Disease_Endorsement_Maintenance_2012/0500.aspx  National Quality Forum: NQF Revises Sepsis Measure. Website link accessed 01-31-2024: https://www.qualityforum.org/NQF_Revises_Sepsis_Measure.aspx  Faust JS, Weingart SD. The Past, Present, and Future of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Quality Measure SEP-1 - the early management bundle for severe sepsis / septic shock. Emerg Med Clin N Am. 2017; 35:219-231 Affordable care act Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 148, U.S. Statutes at Large 124 (2010):119-1024. Website link accessed 01-31-2024: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/STATUTE-124/STATUTE-124-Pg119/summary.  Fluids for sepsis in concerning populations Pence M, Tran QK, Shesser R, Payette C, Pourmand A. Outcomes of CMS-mandated fluid administration among fluid-overloaded patients with sepsis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 May:55:157-166 Zadeh AV, Wong A, Crawford AC, Collado E, Larned JM. Guideline-based and restricted fluid resuscitation strategy in sepsis patients with heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Nov:73:34-39   WANT TO WORK AT MAYO? EM Physicians: https://jobs.mayoclinic.org/emergencymedicine EM NP PAs: https://jobs.mayoclinic.org/em-nppa-jobs   Nursing/Techs/PAC: https://jobs.mayoclinic.org/Nursing-Emergency-Medicine EMTs/Paramedics: https://jobs.mayoclinic.org/ambulanceservice All groups above combined into one link: https://jobs.mayoclinic.org/EM-Jobs  

This evening on Legal Matters we look at the issue of presenting false qualification and what the repercussions are. In South Africa, presenting a fraudulent qualification or claiming a qualification or experience you do not have is a criminal offence, in terms of the National Qualifications Authority Amendment Act 12 of 2019, The National Qualifications Framework Amendment Act, which came into effect on August 2019, is designed to ensure that employees are not bamboozled by false qualification claims. It also aims to preserve the integrity of the institutions that grant degrees.  And lying on your social media pages, such as LinkedIn, is as punishable an offence as presenting a fake qualification on a CV addressed to a potential employer. The act states that criminal prosecution can result when a person “falsely or fraudulently claims to be holding a qualification or part-qualification registered on the NQF or awarded by an education institution, skills development provider, QC or obtained from a lawfully recognised foreign institution”. To educate us further on this we're joined by Galeboe Modisapodi, Employment Relations & Employee Benefits Consultant, Accredited Commercial Mediator who's Partnered with Molatudi Advisory Services (MAS).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September marks the AMA's #WomenInMedicineMonth. Today Betty Chu, MD, MBA, senior vice president, associate chief clinical officer and chief quality officer at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, discusses how she leads with purpose – this year's theme. Dr. Chu also serves on the AMA Council on Medical Service. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts. Learn how the AMA is #FightingForDocs and access resources from the AMA Recovery Plan for America's Physicians, by visiting: https://www.ama-assn.org/recovery Celebrate #WIMMonth and get involved here: https://ama-assn.org/WomenMedicineMonth

This episode demystifies clinical medical care ‘best practices' — clinical guidelines & outcome measures. These are regularly created, validated & updated, by expert teams and organizations. This rigorous, evidence-based process provides the USA with a quality and up to date clinical health care system.  [261 characters].   Guest:  John L. Gore, M.D. Professor of Urology, Professor of Surgery, Health Services Researcher, University of Washington. Urologist, surgeon, clinician, researcher, educator and expert in clinical care guidelines and outcomes. Dr. Gore is the PI of a large pragmatic trial in bladder cancer, and a quality of care expert. He previously served as the American Urological Association (AUA) representative to the National Quality Forum, which endorses national health care performance measures, and has been on guidelines panels for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) for kidney cancer, and the AUA for bladder cancer.   Resources: Avedis Donabedian — author of a classic core framework for evaluating the quality of medical care, laid out 50 years ago; the basis of our system today. This link is to a recent article about Donabedian and his work, and is helpful for understanding how and why outcome measures and clinical guidelines are needed and beneficial for quality health care. American Urological Association (AUA) Guidelines for Urology Care — find current health care guidelines for prostate conditions, bladder cancer, erectile dysfunction, etc. National Quality Forum  (NQF)— nonprofit US organization that sets standards for quality health care, and provides other services that advance quality health care. National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)— nonprofit US organization that works to improve health care quality through the administration of evidence-based standards, measures, programs, and accreditation. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) — lead US Federal agency charged with improving the safety and quality of healthcare for all Americans. AHRQ develops the knowledge, tools, and data needed to improve the healthcare system and help consumers, healthcare professionals, and policymakers make informed health decisions   Podcast Webstie & Social Media: Podcast Website: theoriginalguidetomenshealth.org Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theoriginalguidetomenshealth/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/guide2menshlth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-original-guide-to-mens-health/

Engaging patients differs depending on the role. Those on national Boards lead, strategize, advocate, communicate. Adam Thompson is on the Board of NQF. Listen in. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Subscribe to Health Hats, the Podcast, on your favorite podcast player Please support my blog and podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show notes or download the printable transcript here Contents with Time-Stamped Headings to listen where you want to listen or read where you want to read (heading. time on podcast xx:xx. page # on the transcript) Proem.. 1 Introducing Adam Thompson 02:38. 1 Patient-caregiver advocates on national Boards of Directors 04:21. 2 Activist, Advocate, Conduit, Leader 06:15. 3 The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program 09:42. 4 Pulling the curtain back. Feeling our oats. 13:52. 4 The right place to make a difference and re-charge 18:26. 5 Learn, coach, mentor 20:43. 6 Listen, reveal, shout 25:50. 7 Levers of power. Drunk the Kool-Aid. Now what? 30:56. 8 Transparency. The sausage gets made. 34:17. 9 More on conduits 39:39. 10 Engage, dissemination, act 41:02. 10 Is seeking public comment enough? 42:54. 11 Reflection 45:00  11 Please comment and ask questions at the comment section at the bottom of the show notes on LinkedIn  via email DM on Instagram or Twitter to @healthhats Credits Music by permission from Joey van Leeuwen, Drummer, Composer, Arranger Web and Social Media Coach Kayla Nelson @lifeoflesion The views and opinions presented in this podcast and publication are solely the responsibility of the author, Danny van Leeuwen, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute®  (PCORI®), its Board of Governors or Methodology Committee. Sponsored by Abridge Inspired by and grateful to Nikki Montgomery, Matthew Pickering, Jan Oldenburg, Danny Sands, Matt Hudson,  Dana Gelb Safron, Nakela Cook, Christine Goertz, Kristin Carman, Luc Pelletier, Jan Oldenburg, Sharon Levine, Kara Ayers Links Adam Thompson, LinkedIn National Quality Forum (NQF) PCORI (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) Dr. David Nash Ryan White program Dolores Dockrey Dr. W Edwards Deming called it profound knowledge. Related podcasts https://health-hats.com/pod110/ https://health-hats.com/pod145/ https://health-hats.com/pod153/ About the Show Welcome to Health Hats, learning on the journey toward best health. I am Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged, old, cisgender, white man with privilege, living in a food oasis, who can afford many hats and knows a little about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. Most people wear hats one at a time, but I wear them all at once.  I'm the Rosetta Stone of Healthcare. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life's realities in the awesome circus of healthcare.  Let's make some sense of all this. To subscribe go to https://health-hats.com/ Creative Commons Licensing The material found on this website created by me is Open Source and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution. Anyone may use the material (written, audio, or video) freely at no charge.  Please cite the source as: ‘From Danny van Leeuwen, Health Hats. (including the link to my website). I welcome edits and improvements.  Please let me know. danny@health-hats.com. The material on this site created by others is theirs and use follows their guidelines. The Show Proem As a nurse, I studied individual health. Then I became a student of organizational health. That led me to management and leadership - all with the mind to get stuff done. Done for people, with people, by people -patients, caregivers, and direct care clinicians. My role changed at each step.

What does healthcare cost mean? I can't explain it. Listen to Matt Pickering from Nat Quality Forum help us out. Consider serving as a patient rep with NQF. Blog subscribers: Listen to the podcast here. Scroll down through show notes to read the post. Please support my podcast. CONTRIBUTE HERE Episode Notes Prefer to read, experience impaired hearing or deafness? Find FULL TRANSCRIPT at the end of the other show notes or download the printable transcript here Contents with Time-Stamped Headings to listen where you want to listen or read where you want to read (heading. time on podcast xx:xx. page # on the transcript) Proem.. 1 Introducing Matthew Pickering 05:37. 2 Value to whom? 07:48. 3 Moving from volume to value 11:37. 3 Quality and cost measures help choose plans and providers 13:41. 4 Consumer seats at the table 15:06. 4 Cost, is it real? 17:09. 5 Measures inform and inspire, don't they? 22:27. 6 Cost is different. Smoke and mirrors? 25:23. 6 Do consumers use this cost and quality information? 27:45. 7 Who would want to sit on this cost committee? 30:51. 8 Participating 34:33. 9 Reflection 36:40  10 Please comments and ask questions at the comment section at the bottom of the show notes on LinkedIn  via email DM on Instagram or Twitter to @healthhats Credits Music by permission from Joey van Leeuwen, Boston Drummer, Composer, Arranger Web/social media coach, Kayla Nelson Inspiration from John Shaw, Danny Sands, Cynthia Cullen, Ellen Schultz, Janice McCallum, Michael Mittelman, Edwin Lomotan, Lacy Fabian, Michael Millenson, Amy Price, Tania Dutta, Uma Kotagal Sponsored by Abridge Links Matthew Pickering LinkedIn National Quality Forum (NQF) Cost and Efficiency Measure Standing Committee Better Ways to Cut Healthcare Waste What Is Value-Based Healthcare? New England Journal of Medicine PCORI: Patient Engagement CMS: Person and Family Engagement Related podcasts and blogs https://health-hats.com/zen_relationshipcentered_measure/ https://health-hats.com/pod137/ https://health-hats.com/infodemiology-too-much-not-enough/ About the Show Welcome to Health Hats, learning on the journey toward best health. I am Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged, old, cisgender, white man with privilege, living in a food oasis, who can afford many hats and knows a little about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. Most people wear hats one at a time, but I wear them all at once. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life's realities in the awesome circus of healthcare. Let's make some sense of all this. To subscribe go to https://health-hats.com/ Creative Commons Licensing The material found on this website created by me is Open Source and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution. Anyone may use the material (written, audio, or video) freely at no charge. Please cite the source as: ‘From Danny van Leeuwen, Health Hats. (including the link to my website). I welcome edits and improvements. Please let me know. danny@health-hats.com. The material on this site created by others is theirs and use follows their guidelines. The Show Proem If a grocery store, car dealer, hardware store, eBay, Amazon charges $100 for something, how much does it get paid? $100. If a healthcare provider (doctor, physical therapist, clinic, hospital) charges $100, how much does it get paid?  It depends. It depends on the type of insurance, type of patient, service type. Type of insurance might be Medicare, Medicaid, private, none. Patient type means young, old, tall, short, full head of hair, bald, parent, grandparent, child.  No, that would be too easy.  It has nothing to do with the patient. It's about the relationship with the clinician - acute episode, continuous relationship, referred by another clinician, etc.). Specific types of service (medical, surgical, X-ray, lab, radiation therapy, preadmission testing, more than 200 types).

Hello everyone!Welcome to episode 82!Today's guest is Jethro Dlamini, who was born and raised in South Africa. In this episode, we learn that his decision to study science was not a fluke; he is exactly where he wanted to be. We talk about how he got into science, specifically the agricultural side of things. Jethro talks us through his academic journey, explaining how he became interested in soil science after high school. Jethro admits that the path to NQF level 8 ( an honours degree equivalent) was not easy, but he has persevered to his current position as an agricultural advisor intern. Jethro's job entails organizing and delivering agricultural training to underserved communities. We discuss the significance of his job and also speak openly about entering into the agricultural field.  Tune in for all of this and MORE!LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sibongiseni-jethro-dlamini-50241b204/ Support the show (https://paypal.me/RootofSciPod?locale.x=en_US)

Nathalie is a Fitness and Health Fanatic with a passion to aid others where she can along their journey to healthier living. She is 25 years old and a qualified ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance) Dancer with my advanced papers in dance; as well as my Teachers in Imperial Classical Ballet and Modern Theatre Dance. She is also a qualified Fitness Instructor with my papers in NQF level 5 (Higher Certificate) in Fitness having been achieved. Through her blog she hopes not just inform but also to motivate and inspire through her provided insight into healthy habits, mind set, product reviews and recommendations, Recipes, Nutrition and Exercise tips to aid your journey. She has had the pleasure of working with some incredible Local Brands and she look forward to sharing not only her story but theirs with you and her recommendations on their products. Here's to Igniting our passion to embrace optimum wellness living through Heath, Wellness, Beauty and lifestyle. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/asekho-toto/message

In 2019, the second review of the National Quality Framework officially commenced. The Review aims to identify aspects of the NQF that could be improved or updated, and to incorporate new thinking about the regulation of early education. Earlier this year, the Consultation Regulation Impact Statement was released, which identifies options for changes to the NQF and what they might mean. There's nothing we love more than a consultation process, so we spend this episode talking about the NQF Review in general, and a few things from the Regulation Impact Statement specifically. Find the full show notes at earlyeducationshow.com.  

As the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a nation-wide boom in telehealth use, new questions are emerging regarding reimbursement, accessibility, data protection, and quality measurement. Although the practice has greatly aided in maintaining care for many Americans throughout the past year, several challenges have been reported. To create a measurement framework linking quality of care delivered by telehealth, health care system readiness, and health outcomes in rural areas specifically, the National Quality Forum (NQF) recently announced a committee of 25 individuals to discuss, update, and enhance NQF’s telehealth framework, first released in 2017. Currently, there are no nationally endorsed telehealth quality measures. On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Sheri Winsper, RN, MSN, MHA, the senior vice president for quality measurement at NQF. For the past 20 years, the forum has worked to advance health care quality across the nation by endorsing measures that assess quality of care and value. It also develops specific measurement frameworks for gap areas.

The regular ACCS Trends in Community Children's Services Survey sheds a light on trends in the quality of early education, accessibility and affordability, educator and teacher conditions and entitlements, and the overall impact of policy initiatives such as the NQF and the child care subsidy. It's a wealth of data and analysis on how the Australian system of early education works - or doesn't work - for children, educators, families and the community. To discuss the latest Survey Report released in November, we're joined by Daniela Kavoukas and Nikki Graham from Community Child Care Association in Victoria. Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

Special Election Edition with  Brent Braveman, OTR, PhD, FAOTA Director, Department of Rehabilitation Services, MD Anderson Cancer Center AOTA candidate for Vice President  Dr. Brent Braveman has practiced as an occupational therapy clinician, educator, researcher and manager since entering the profession in 1984. He currently is the Director of the Department of Rehabilitation Services at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Texas. Dr. Braveman is an author on 25 peer reviewed journal articles, 20 book chapters and is author of three occupational therapy text books. He has presented at national and international conferences on cancer rehabilitation, work disability, strategic planning and leadership.   He has a long history of volunteer service in state and national professional association activities including serving two terms on the AOTA Board of Directors as Speaker of the Representative Assembly and as Secretary. He is currently serving as Board Director for Region IV on the American Occupational Therapy Association Political Action Committee (AOTPAC) Board of Directors. He served as a representative to the National Institutes of Health Working Group on Cancer Rehabilitation, as a Standing Committee Member on the National Quality Forum’s NQF) Cancer Project and on the NQF’s project on co-designing patient centered care.   Dr. Braveman is a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association and a recipient of the AOTA Recognition of Achievement Award for “Exemplary Contributions in Management and Program Development.” Facebook brent.braveman Twitter @brentbraveman http://www.brentbraveman.com/ (www.brentbraveman.com) ______________ Brent was interviewed by Robin Akselrud, Assistant Professor at LIU Brooklyn, author of the My OT Journey Planner myotjourney.com  IG: myotjourneypodcast FB: My OT Journey   And Michael Roff, 3rd year OT student at Stonybrook University 

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2020: Year of the Nurse an Interview with Ellen Kurtzman “When you're ready for something, life opens the door for you.” — Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FAAN (09:29-09:35) Ellen T. Kurtzman, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, is a health services researcher and a tenured associate professor of nursing with secondary appointments in the university’s Milken Institute School of Public Health and Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration. In this week’s episode, let’s get to know her more. Part One of ‘2020: Year of the Nurse an Interview with Ellen Kurtzman’ Dr. Kurtzman teaches health policy, research, and statistics. Her investigator-initiated research explores the impact of federal, state, and institutional policies on health care quality and the role of the healthcare workforce in achieving higher-value care.  From 2014-2016, Dr. Kurtzman served as the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/Academy Health Policy Fellow, which placed her “in residence” at NCHS to collaborate with federal researchers and access NCHS restricted data assets. From 2011 to 2012, was an affiliate scholar at the Urban Institute’s Health Policy Center. Serving as both a collaborator from 2007-2010 and Visiting Nurse Scholar from 2010-2011 with the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health at The University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Kurtzman advanced and built policy support for a model of care for chronically ill elderly, referred to as the Transitional Care Model. “Many times, in my career, I've done projects that people have told me not to do, but I felt like they were important. And they've turned out to be the projects that had the biggest impact.” — Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FAAN (33:08-33:20) Before joining academia, Dr. Kurtzman served in senior capacities for organizations such as the American Red Cross, National Quality Forum (NQF), American Health Care Association, National PACE Association, and the Partnership for Behavioral Healthcare. While at NQF, she was the architect of national consensus standards for measuring nursing’s contribution to quality. She also led NQF’s national efforts to establish a hospital and home health care quality and performance standards.   Dr. Kurtzman received her PhD in public policy and Administration from GW’s Trachtenberg School, her MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and her BSN from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2009, Dr. Kurtzman was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Part Two of ‘2020: Year of the Nurse an Interview with Ellen Kurtzman’ She went from being a bedside nurse to getting a degree in public health and then having the public policy. But her research program has always been on how the policy environment influences the care and delivery of health care in this country.  Her most recent work explores team-based care's role in the quality of office-based physician practices and the prevalence of opioid prescribing in ambulatory care settings. She has led studies examining the quality of care and the services delivered by nurse practitioners and physician assistants, the impact of occupational restrictions on clinician practice, the effect of Medicaid expansion on community health centers, and the influence of performance-based payment programs on practitioner behavior. “If you're a health care professional, you have to do the standard gold stuff to establish your expertise.” —  Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FAAN (30:46-30:56) Throughout her career, Dr. Kurtzman has pursued unique extramural collaborations to advance her scholarship. From 2018-2019, she was one of only eight mid-career professionals selected to participate in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Fellows program. During her year on Capitol Hill and in the Administration, she worked in the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, The Honorable Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and the Office of the Surgeon General, Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH.   How to Connect More with Ellen Kurtzman   Twitter: https://twitter.com/EllenKurtzman LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellentkurtzman/ About Melissa I earned my Bachelor of Science in Nursing (‘96) and Master of Science in Nursing (‘00) as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) School of Nursing (SON). I truly enjoy working with the complex medical needs of older adults. I worked full-time for five years as FNP in geriatric primary care across many long-term care settings (skilled nursing homes, assisted living, home and office visits) then transitioned into academic nursing in 2005, joining the faculty at UNCW SON as a lecturer. I obtained my PhD in Nursing and a post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing (’11) and then joined the faculty at Duke University School of Nursing as an Assistant Professor. My family moved to northern Virginia in 2015 and led to me joining the faculty at George Washington University (GW) School of Nursing in 2018 as a (tenured) Associate Professor where I am also the Director of the GW Center for Aging, Health and Humanities. Find out more about her work at https://melissabphd.com/.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals and health systems are expanding telehealth services. In addition, addressing mental health needs during this crisis is becoming increasingly important. In part one of this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Jay Bhatt, D.O., senior vice president and chief medical officer of the AHA, discusses the value of telehealth to address behavioral health issues and poses questions for leadership teams with Shantanu Agrawal, M.D., president and CEO of the National Quality Forum, and Arpan Waghray, M.D., executive medical director for behavioral medicine at Swedish Health Services in Seattle and chief medical officer at Well Being Trust. The AHA and NQF partnered to create Redesigning Care: A How-To Guide for Telebehavioral Health. https://www.aha.org/center/emerging-issues/market-insights/telehealth/telebehavioral-health]

The NSW Government has announced that services in NSW will be required to display a star rating alongside their usual National Quality Standard rating, in an apparent bid to help families better understand ratings. The star ratings have had a very mixed response from the sector, raising issues of professional identity, the marketing of the NQF to the community and how well services are being supported to improve quality. Lisa, Leanne and Liam discuss this new initiative before Lisa chats with presenter and researcher Anthony Semann. Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

Join Charlotte D Blignaut as she leads a round table panel discussion at the 2019 EduTech conference in Sandton with Shirley Lloyd, a recently retired Director from the NQF Directorate for the Department of Higher Education, Jill Lithgow, the Educations Solutions lead for Johnson and Johnson in South Africa, and Gershom Aitchison, co-founder and headmaster of Education Incorporated, a boutique school in Fourways. If you want to know more about EduInc Boutique School, book a tour to visit them now. https://educationincorporated.co.za/tour-request-form.php If you're ready to produce your own podcast, contact the podcast experts at

We’re back for season three! This episode of Not Quite Foreign entitled “Temperature Check” is all about catching up and cooling down. Ever want to be a fly on the wall of girl talk? Tune into this intimate conversation between two friends as Ye and Sochi reflect on their Summers and prepare for the Fall. The ladies chat about all of the things summers are made of, music, travel, dating, and growing up. Light and fun, this episode is an easy way to get back into the NQF flow and prepare yourself for an amazing upcoming season! Also, check out the new NQF logo!

Quality Area 1 - educational program and practice - is the Quality Area of the National Quality Standard that is most likely to be rated Working Towards. The sector is still working through the new requirements of the NQF, and what they mean for educators and children. In a world that is embracing more and more software and technology, what does documentation and planning mean in a digital world? Find the full shownotes at earlyeducationshow.com.

On this RAW episode of NQF, Ye and Sochi welcome special guest Chinomso Nwachuku founder of TalkNaija.org a site dedicated to reducing the stigma faced by those with mental health conditions in the Nigerian community. Chinomso opens up about his own personal journey and the group unpacks the challenges facing the African community when dealing with mental health. It's a vulnerable and much needed conversation. Tune in now and share!

Shantanu Agrawal leads the National Quality Forum - one of the most important organizations that you’ve probably never heard of. NQF was originally created during the Clinton Administration as a tool to promote and ensure patient protections and health care quality through measurement and public reporting for Medicare. Today their work touches all patients using three tenets: improvement, accountability, and transparency. In this episode, Chip and Shantanu discuss why NQF was needed, the role it fills today, and how the organization is uniquely positioned to lead quality efforts for health care’s high-tech future.

 In this episode of NQF, the girls sit down with special guest NBC TV Personality Valentina Anyanwu and get real about their unpleasant experiences with their own people. Ever heard the phrase "It be your own people?" Well this episode explores low moments of feeling isolated or not belonging and how each have come to grow pass it and learn from those moments. Real, raw and always a good time. Listen now!

On PopHealth Week we chat with David B. Nash, MD, MBA the Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health. 'Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare’s list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, Nash’s pro bono national activities cover a wide scope. He is on the VHA Center for Applied Healthcare Studies Advisory Board and he is a member of the Board of Directors of The Care Continuum Alliance (formerly DMAA). Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for Quality of Care programming for the American Association of Physician Leaders (AAPL) in Tampa, Florida, and leads the academic joint venture between AAPL and the JCPH. He is on the NQF task force on Improving Population Health and is on the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee from the Joint Commission. He also is a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee, the group charged with introducing the tenets of quality and safety into medical education. Finally, Dr. Nash has chaired the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Pennslyvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (HC4) for more than 15 years and he is widely recognized as a pioneer in the public reporting of outcomes.' Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein, MS and Gregg Masters, MPH as we chat with this thought leader in population health and health reform. Produced for PopHeath Week by Gregg Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media

December 14th 2016 at 12 Noon Pacific/3PM Eastern we chat with David B. Nash, MD, MBA the Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health.  'Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare’s list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, Nash’s pro bono national activities cover a wide scope. He is on the VHA Center for Applied Healthcare Studies Advisory Board and he is a member of the Board of Directors of The Care Continuum Alliance (formerly DMAA). Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for Quality of Care programming for the American Association of Physician Leaders (AAPL) in Tampa, Florida, and leads the academic joint venture between AAPL and the JCPH. He is on the NQF task force on Improving Population Health and is on the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee from the Joint Commission. He also is a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee, the group charged with introducing the tenets of quality and safety into medical education. Finally, Dr. Nash has chaired the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Pennslyvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (HC4) for more than 15 years and he is widely recognized as a pioneer in the public reporting of outcomes.' Join co-hosts Fred Goldstein, MS and Gregg Masters, MPH as we chat with this thought leader in population health and health reform. Produced for PopHeath Week by Gregg Masters, MPH for Health Innovation Media.

Listen NowMeasuring health care quality and outcomes effectively and efficiently remains a daunting task.  Quality measures are largely seen as too process versus outcome focused, substantially irrelevant to patients and insufficiently aligned between and among payers.  Measuring care or care quality, ironically, can and does detract from actual care delivery, can have no relationship to spending efficiency and on its own is costly.  A recent article published in Health Affairs found physician practices spent over $15 billion in 2014 in reporting quality measures.  Concerning the Medicare program's quality measurement activities, MedPAC in a 2014 report to the Congress went so far as to state, "Medicare's current quality measurement approach as gone off the rails." During this 23 minute conversation Dr. Burstin briefly describes the work of the National Quality Forum (NQF), the work done by the CMS-led Core Measure Collaborative, quality measurement under the CMS proposed MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act) rule, risk adjusting measures for socio-demographic factors, the role of PREMS and PROMS or patient reported experience and outcome measures and correlating care quality and spending or measuring for healthcare value.  Dr. Helen Burstin is the Chief Scientific Officer at the NQF.  Prior to serving in her current position, Dr. Burstin was NQF's Senior Vice President for Performance Measurement.  Prior to NQF Dr. Burstin was the Director of the Center for Primary Care at the DHHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).  Prior to AHRQ, Dr. Burstin was an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Quality Measurement at the Brigham and Woman's Hospital in Boston.  Dr. Burstin has published more than 80 articles and book chapters on quality, safety and disparities.  She was recently selected as a 2015-2016 Baldridge Executive Fellow.  She currently is also is a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Health and Policy and a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at George Washington University and serves as a preceptor in internal medicine.For information concerning NQF go to: http://www.qualityforum.org/Home.aspx This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com