Focus Areas

We provide nursing homes, hospitals, and outpatient providers with no-cost technical support to help build and sustain care teams, implement evidence-based processes, and ensure the consistent delivery of individualized patient/resident-centered care.

We convene subject-matter experts, stakeholders, providers, and care teams to explore practices that positively impact your staff, patients, and residents in your community.

Diagram of pillars showing the CMS focus areas

There are four priority focus areas for the 13th SoW, each with a number of sub-aims:

Prevention and Chronic Disease Management

Vaccinations
Type 2 Diabetes
Hypertension
Chronic Kidney Disease

Patient Safety

Infection Prevention and Control
Adverse Drug Events
Safety Events

Behavioral Health

Depression and Suicide Prevention
Substance Use Disorders
Chronic Pain

Care Coordination

Hospital 30-Day Readmissions
Readmissions to Hospital from Skilled Nursing Facilities
Community-Based Emergency Department Utilization

In addition, Quality Management Infrastructure is a Foundational Aim under which there are six sub-aims:

Quality Management Systems
Emergency Preparedness
Workforce Planning
Supply Chain
Drug Shortages
Cybersecurity