Nikia Jewitt, MSN, RNC-MNN, CPHQ, HACP-CMS

Elevating Chronic Care Management through Nurse Care Managers As healthcare continues to pivot towards value-based care models, the role of #NurseCareManagers (#NCMs) in Chronic Care Management (#CCM) has never been more pivotal. NCMs are at the forefront of identifying eligible patients, developing personalized #careplans, and ensuring seamless #carecoordination. But how does this translate into better Quality Payment Program (#QPP) scores and increased incentive payments? First, by identifying patients eligible for CCM, NCMs ensure that those with multiple #chronicconditions receive continuous, comprehensive care. They not only enroll patients but also provide them with the necessary education about the benefits of such programs, leading to higher patient engagement and satisfaction. Secondly, care coordination is the heart of CCM. NCMs work tirelessly to connect the dots between various healthcare providers, ensuring that the patient's care plan is executed flawlessly. This includes managing medication, scheduling follow-ups, and monitoring the patient's health status. The seamless execution of these plans leads to improved patient outcomes and reduced hospital readmissions, which are critical metrics in determining QPP scores. Lastly, meticulous documentation and correct coding of CCM services by NCMs ensure that providers are reimbursed accurately for the care provided. This not only supports the financial health of the practice but also reflects the quality of care in QPP scores. In essence, NCMs are invaluable in navigating the complexities of chronic care, enhancing patient health outcomes, and steering healthcare practices towards higher QPP scores and increased incentives. Let's acknowledge and support the integral role of NCMs in elevating #chroniccaremanagement. #nursesofLinkedIn #innovation #nurseleaders #patientcenteredcare #valuebasedcare #CMS

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NDH Drug Quiz Nursing Drug Handbook Quiz! Test your knowledge of drugs and drug administration with questions from the #1 drug guide for #nurses. https://ow.ly/3vJe50UsxHn

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🩺 **Empower Texas Nurse Practitioners!** 🩺 It’s time to end outdated "pay-to-play" regulations and grant full practice authority to nurse practitioners in Texas! These regulations not only add unnecessary costs but also limit the ability of highly trained NPs to provide essential care. By eliminating these barriers, we can ensure more accessible, affordable, and high-quality healthcare for all Texans. 📢 Join the movement to support our NPs and improve healthcare outcomes across the state. Read more about the ongoing efforts and the push for change. #FullPracticeAuthority #SupportNPs #HealthcareReform #TexasHealthcare #txlege

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🎉 Real Outcomes, Real Success 🎉 Our nurses bring skill and commitment, and it shows in patient outcomes. With NurseMatch, each placement is an investment in high-quality care, smoother transitions, and team stability. Think about the impact of a consistent and well-integrated team on patient satisfaction. #NursingExcellence #PatientOutcomes #NursePlacements #TeamStability #NurseMatch

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Value-based care is based in being there for patients every time they need care. In a recent HealthLeaders interview, SSM Health chief clinical officer Stephanie Duggan MD, FACEP, FAAPL, CPE, shares how investing in foundational building blocks is key to creating a successful values-based care model. https://lnkd.in/grxm6fY8

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BECOME a CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST! Most nurse leaders/C-suite don’t understand what a CNS can do. Once they have them, they strongly support the role. Read more at #NACNS Best decision I ever made - the opportunities are endless. You learn to CREATE them. A truly unique APRN role:)

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“We failed her miserably. She left OR nursing altogether.” The healthcare industry is facing a critical nursing shortage, and inadequate training is driving many nurses away from the profession.💔 During the pandemic Cynthia L. Garza, DNP, RN, CNOR, was the Director of Surgical and Endoscopy Services in a brand new 59-bed hospital with 3 ORs, 2 endoscopy suites, and a cath lab—and the facility lost 60% of its perioperative nurses. Recruitment efforts for experienced OR nurses were falling short, so Cynthia tried to onboard a nurse with no prior OR experience. Without a structured framework, the attempt failed. This experience drove home an important lesson: nurse retention requires support, structure, and teamwork. Cynthia rebuilt her approach by collaborating with surgical teams and using evidence-based onboarding strategies to create a more sustainable future for her team. ✨ With tools like Periop 101, she found a way to provide the consistency and guidance her nurses needed to succeed. The results? 💡 Two nurses trained during the program are still thriving years later. 📉 Turnover costs reduced significantly. 💙 A stronger team, better prepared to handle challenges. Cynthia’s story is a powerful reminder of the impact thoughtful training and leadership can have—not just on nurse retention, but on patient care and team morale. Share your stories of nursing retention success and failure in the comments below. #nurselife #ORnurse #Nursing #Nurses #Nurse #Periop #Perioperative #PeriopNurse #ORLife

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In my experience working in healthcare, I've seen firsthand the critical role that nurses play in transforming our systems from the ground up, especially in high-pressure environments like ERs, ORs, and ICUs. I have immense admiration for nurses; they manage to keep everything functioning in what often feels like a dysfunctional system. Yet, it’s fascinating how many front-line care providers seem unaware of the chaotic nature of our healthcare delivery. It’s like we’re constantly in a firefight, solving problems in real time without a clear path forward. As I reflect on my role as a director of nursing, I realize it’s even more demanding than that of a nurse. I’m responsible for managing the nursing staff and ensuring that we meet the outcomes set by higher management, all while addressing ongoing challenges. It often feels like I’m trying to douse fires, with new ones emerging before I can even catch my breath. Managing nurses under such stress is no easy task, especially when the systems we rely on are so archaic and illogical. I’ve learned that approximately 94% of healthcare outcomes, whether good or bad, are influenced by these systems, rather than the individual efforts of care providers. This systemic stress trickles down, affecting not only us but also our patients, ultimately hindering their healing and well-being. It’s a sobering realization that how we feel as employees directly impacts our patients' experiences. Given the rising burnout rates among both nurses and directors of nursing, along with looming shortages, I believe we need genuine, grassroots transformation in healthcare. I see this as a vital opportunity for directors of nursing like myself to step up as champions and catalysts for change. Leading this transformation may just be our best chance to alleviate some of the ongoing stresses of our roles in the long run. #nursing #healthcare #burnout #bethechange #patientoutcomes #DON #leadership #skillednursing #LTC #change

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Nurses! Do you think getting Board Certifications is a waste of time? Or think Why get more than 1 Certification if my current employer will not pay for it! Well you better rethink that! I had so much fun talking about Certifications to living legend herself Dr. Shawntay Harris, DNP, MBA, MHA, RN The Justice RN!! President of the Texas Emergency Nurses Association & Entrepreneur! Take it from 2 Certified Queens, it is worth the investment for career advancement!! #nursing #nurses #newgradrn #nursecareercoach Listen to the full episode on my Podcast or Youtube Channel and subscribe!

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The QIs-LTC (quality indicators for long-term care settings) developed in the current study are generic and client- and family-centered. They encompass objective and subjective information and would facilitate standardized monitoring, if adopted, and comparison between LTC settings, including home care. https://lnkd.in/gyYp3rZi #LTC #nursinghomecare #quality

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PBRMC is excited to announce the launch of its new Nurse Extern Program! This initiative will equip the next generation of nurses with critical hands-on experience and practical skills in various specialties. Details here: https://bit.ly/4hLjzrO

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The Anticoagulation Forum is reviewing a proposed CMS quality measure related to the timeliness of VTE diagnosis in primary care during the current public comment period, which runs through 12/30/24. Quality measurement and oversight for thrombosis-related care are critical, and we encourage your organization to review and comment on this measure to help improve patient outcomes. Learn more details on the measure and how to participate in this opportunity here: https://bit.ly/3BF8vwm

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A message from ACPA's Government Affairs Committee Chair, Dr. Ritu Prasad, MD, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have requested 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 related to 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 (𝐌𝐀) 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟓/𝟐𝟗/𝟐𝟒.   This request comes particularly timely given the recent final rule 4201-F impacting MA and year-after-year increasing enrollment in MA. The American College of Physician Advisors’ Government Affairs Committee seeks to offer CMS comments to help inform CMS and HHS of our experience with current MA practices, concerns regarding data collection, and to ensure that MA plans provide services to Medicare beneficiaries that are at least as generous as those provided to Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) in a transparent fashion and with decreased administrative burden. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞? ・ More than 50% of Medicare-eligible beneficiaries are enrolled in MA plans and this enrollment is anticipated to continue to rapidly increase. ・ There are ongoing concerns that MA plans continue to offer benefits that are more restrictive than Medicare FFS (via not complying with the Two-Midnight Rule, clinical validation denials, using opaque proprietary restrictive criteria, re-defining coverage benefits as “payment disputes,” laborious prior authorization, etc.). ・ Underpayment occurs frequently for services provided, with significant delays in payment to hospitals. ・ Administrative burden to fight inappropriate denials is at an all-time high. ・ Improved transparency and data reporting from MA to the public is imperative. 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞: ・ Improved accountability for plans with regards to 4201-F, the Two-Midnight Rule and use of internal coverage criteria. ・ Enhanced transparency and timeliness of prior authorization processes. ・ Proposed guardrails around skyrocketing Clinical Validation Denials by MA plans. ・ Request for a clear centralized process to submit comments to CMS regarding MA plan behavior that is publicly accessible. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐌𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬: ・ ACPA has provided a template to utilize for comment to CMS on this proposed rule, which is attached to this post. ・ Insert your name, organization, a brief description of your experience with MA plans, and closing signature. ・ Go to this website: https://lnkd.in/gQ7S6Gyt to the view the proposed rule and click the option to “𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭” to add your comment. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟗𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒. #ACPA #ACPA10 #WeArePhysicianAdvisors #GovernmentAffairs #PhysicianAdvisors

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Quick summary of the latest CDC updates to its opioid prescribing guidelines, including 12 key recommendations and 5 guiding principles to aid in implementation https://lnkd.in/eXMdQTHt #opioids #medication #painmanagement #primarycare

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💼 Stepping into the world of nursing and seeking guidance? For an easy transition into the world of nursing, consider these tips: ✅ Embrace every opportunity to learn from your experiences, mentors, and peers. ✅ Take care of yourself. Ensure you’re getting enough rest, eating well, and finding time to relax. ✅ Develop solid communication and teamwork skills to contribute to a positive work environment. Make the most out of your professional journey. Stay tuned for our next post with more advice for new nurses. Visit brettontrova.com for more resources and support to kickstart your nursing career. #NurseGraduates #Nursing #BrettonTrova

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In video: Diversity CRNA 2024 Information Session & Airway Simulation Lab Workshop hosted at Duke University National impact: we hosted five Diversity CRNA 2024 Information Session & Airway Simulation Lab Workshops across the country. We are the exemplary standard in diversifying the nurse anesthesia profession. Full stop. Announcement soon for five additional and necessary Diversity CRNA 2025 Information Session & Airway Simulation Lab Workshops! Marginalized RNs before applying to programs with diverse CRNA mentors and actively engaged in the Immersion Model for Diversifying Nurse Anesthesia Programs Fun fact: Out of a 65K CRNA Workforce, only 4% are Black CRNAs, 4% Hispanic CRNAs, 3% Asian CRNAs & 0.7% Indigenous CRNAs Repeat after me…I will be a CRNA!! #diversitycrna #2025 #crna #futurecrna

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