CMS QIN-QIO

Small Talks: Adverse Drug Events (ADEs)
2022-02-02 12:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Online via Zoom
Join our team for a valuable exploration of adverse drug events. Learn how to define them and recognize their common causes.
We’ll also cover how to use an ADE Trigger Tool, and how to review ADE statistics including what to look for and what to do with your findings.

CMS National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call, February 2, 2022, 3 pm ET
2022-02-02 15:00 - 16:00 | Online via Zoom
Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for a National Stakeholder Call providing updates on COVID-19, revisions to nursing home guidance, and best practices. Additionally, subject matter experts from CDC and CMS will address frequently asked questions.
Panelists:

Dr. Lee Fleisher, CMS Chief Medical Officer and Director, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CMS)
Jean Moody Williams, Deputy Director, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CMS)
Dr. Kara Jacobs-Slifka, Long Term Care Lead, Prevention and Response Branch (CDC)
Evan Shulman, Director, Division of Nursing Homes (CMS)

Who should attend: Long-term care providers, facility staff, and resident advocates.

CMS Rural Health Open Door Forum, Feb 3, 2022, 2-3 pm ET
2022-02-03 14:00 - 15:00
CMS Rural Health Open Door Forum is scheduled for:
Date: Thursday, February 3, 2022
Start Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm Eastern Time (ET);
Please dial in at least 15 minutes prior to call start time.
Conference Leaders: Ing-Jye Cheng, John Hammarlund and Jill Darling.
**This Agenda is Subject to Change**
1. Opening Remarks
1. Co-Chair- Ing-Jye Cheng, (Center for Medicare)
2. Co-Chair – John Hammarlund, Deputy Director Local Engagement and Administration, OPOLE
3. Moderator – Jill Darling, Office of Communications
1. Announcements & Updates
• FY 2022 IPPS final rule with comment period – Graduate Medical Education provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
• Update on CMS payment policies for administering COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies
1. Open Q&A
**DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE**
Next ODF: TBD
Email: RuralHealthODF@cms.hhs.gov
This Open Door Forum is open to everyone, but if you are a member of the Press, you may listen in but please refrain from asking questions during the Q & A portion of the call. If you have inquiries, please contact CMS at Press@cms.hhs.gov.
Open Door Forum Participation Instructions:
This call will be Conference Call Only.
1. To participate by phone: Dial: 1-888-455-1397 & Reference Conference Passcode: [REDACTED]
Persons participating by phone are not required to RSVP. TTY Communications Relay Services are available for the Hearing Impaired. For TTY services dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-855-2880. A Relay Communications Assistant will help.
Instant Replay: 1-800-835-5808; Conference Passcode: No Passcode Needed
Instant Replay is an audio recording of this call that can be accessed by dialing 1-800-835-5808. Instant Replay begins 1 hour after the call has ended. The recording expires February 5, 2022, 11:59 PM ET.
For ODF schedule updates and E-Mailing List registration, visit our website at http://www.cms.gov/OpenDoorForums/.
Were you unable to attend the recent Rural Health ODF call? We encourage you to visit our CMS Podcasts and Transcript webpage where you can listen and view the most recent Rural Health ODF call.
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Small Talks: Enhancing Transitions to Community
2022-02-10 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
Transitions back to the community can be fraught with challenges, including unplanned readmissions. Join us to explore how Project RE-Engineered Discharge (Project RED), can support community discharges from the hospital or skilled nursing home.
Community connections are key to successful discharges, so we’ll also discuss screening and addressing social determinants of health to reduce unnecessary readmissions.
Objectives:

Recognize that patients discharged to the community without appropriate community connections are at higher risk of hospital readmissions.
Describe how Project RED, which supports patient and family engagement and helps to make connections for social needs, has been successfully implemented in SNFs.
Be prepared to implement Project RED or one of the tools to address social determinants of health, and connect residents with community resources to decrease readmissions

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Small Talks: Enhancing Transitions to Community
2022-02-16 12:00 - 12:30

Check in with the QIO - Office Hours
2022-02-17 12:00 - 12:30
A monthly half-hour zoom sessions to follow up on recent Small Talks, explore new intervention(s), ask questions, and connect with peers.
These 30-minute sessions do not require registration.

Centering Racial Equity In Social Needs Interventions
2022-02-23 13:00 - 14:00 | Online via Zoom
This event is hosted by HealthBegins
Healthcare leaders and practitioners around the country are increasingly understanding the urgency of two foundational goals—addressing health-related social needs and improving racial equity—and seeking ways to act on them. Yet there’s an important truth that must be applied for these efforts to succeed. It is that meeting social needs and improving racial equity are not separate pursuits. Without a focus on equity within health-related social needs interventions, underlying inequities can persist. To be effective, the two must go hand in hand.
Pioneering institutions across the country are already answering the call to intentionally center racial equity in social needs interventions. In this webinar, we will hear directly from some of them as they share lessons learned from the field. These panelists, all participants in HealthBegins’ training and education programs, work in settings from health systems to CBO’s. And their experience demonstrates that there can be many entry points into the work of addressing equity while moving upstream—all supported by a sound strategy for change and a Quality Improvement approach to continuous learning.
Objectives:
By the end of the webinar, attendees will be able to:
• Describe why an explicit focus on racial equity is essential when designing and implementing solutions to address social needs
• List examples of ways in which mission-aligned organizations are centering racial equity in their social needs interventions
• Identify at least one action your organization can take to prioritize racial equity in your upstream work
Panelists:
• Sara Bader, Senior Manager, Upstream Quality Improvement, HealthBegins (Host)
• Natalie Harper, Community Health Advocacy Initiative Manager, MetroHealth
• Dan Behrens, MHA, Manager, Population Health Care Delivery, Allina Health
• Susan Frantz, Food Security Director, LiveWell Greenville

Small Talks: Sepsis: Early Identification is a Cross Continuum Opportunity
2022-02-24 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
We will go over the signs and symptoms of sepsis. And to increase sepsis recognition we will review sepsis screening tools for healthcare providers at the bedside, patients, families.
Participants will be able to:

Recognize that Sepsis is the number one reason for 30-day readmissions, and diagnosis is often missed by healthcare providers and members of the community
Implement processes to identify sepsis early to reduce illness severity or mortality

Save the Date: Black Health & Wellness Roundtable with CMS Administrator
2022-02-24 15:00 - 16:00
Watch the stream here.
You are cordially invited by Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to attend a special live-streamed virtual roundtable discussion to acknowledge Black History Month. Administrator Brooks-LaSure is the first Black woman to serve as Administrator of CMS and has made health equity a top priority of the agency which provides health coverage to 150 million people nationwide through Medicare, Medicaid & CHIP and the Marketplaces.
In this roundtable, we’ll explore themes of the work CMS can do to further address racial disparities and advance health equity. We’ll also discuss how Black leaders are making history in the health care system and the unique role HBCUs play in rebuilding the healthcare system, particularly in a post-COVID world. Finally, we want to elevate discussion about how CMS can encourage more providers to enter the medical field and in particular to practice in underserved communities.
As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s activities to celebrate Black History Month, CMS will celebrate advances to improve the health of Black people across the United States, to help amplify where changes still need to be made in health care and highlight the commitment CMS is making to address systemic racism and move the needle.
You are invited to hear our panelists speak to their work to support the Black talent pipeline in the health care system. We hope you will join us.

Small Talks: Sepsis: Early Identification is a Cross Continuum Opportunity
2022-03-02 12:00 - 12:30

Small Talks: Making Sense & Staying on Track: CMS Vaccine Mandates
2022-03-10 12:00 - 12:30, 2022-03-16 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
Staying on top of vaccine mandates can be challenging. Our team can help translate CMS’ requirements, identify tools that help stay you on track and consider best practices for ongoing success.
Access the tools today and join one of the upcoming sessions to learn more.

Opioid and Pain Management Best Practices: Technology for Opioid Risk Assessment, Naloxone Access, and Urine Screening
2022-03-10 12:30 - 13:30
Don’t miss out! See nationally acclaimed pain management expert Dr. Jeff Fudin present on free software that can save lives!
Please join us for a technology demonstration of free software to help prescribers, nurses, pharmacists, and other clinicians who work in any care setting assess patients/residents for opioid overdose and use disorder risks, help clinicians interpret urine drug screens, and qualify patients for in-home naloxone.
We’ll also explore other free apps for opioid harm reduction.
Our speaker: Dr. Fudin

Dr. Fudin graduated from Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences with his Bachelor’s Degree and Pharm.D. He completed an Oncology/Hematology fellowship at SUNY/Upstate Medical Center. He is a Diplomate to the Academy of Integrative Pain Management and a Fellow to the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the American Society of Health-system Pharmacists, and the Federation of State Medical Board.
Dr. Fudin is a Section Editor for Pain Medicine, Co-Editor-At-Large for Practical Pain Management, Founder/Chairman of Professionals for Rational Opioid Monitoring & Pharmacotherapy, and peer reviewer for several professional journals. He has participated in developing and co-authoring opioid-related practice and consensus guidelines.
He is owner and managing editor for paindr.com and Founder and CEO of Remitigate LLC, a software development company that has launched an application to help clinicians interpret urine drugs screens and another that interprets risk of opioid-induced respiratory depression and guides clinicians in qualifying patients for in-home naloxone. Dr. Fudin is a prolific lecturer, writer, editor, teacher, and researcher, with over 350 publications on pain management topics.

The Connecticut Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Pharmacists in attendance who complete an evaluation will receive 1 contact hour of CPE credit (0.1 CEU). Statements of credit will be uploaded to CPE monitor on the NABP website, where you can print your credits for your profile

EQIC's Care Partner Model
2022-03-17 13:00 - 13:45
An innovative program addressing patient and family satisfaction, readmission reduction, and patient-centered care goals
The Eastern US Quality Improvement Collaborative, a CMS Task III contractor in Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Vermont, and West Virginia, invites SNF, home care, and community agencies to learn about its innovative care partner model.
The next session in our Care Partner sprint is dedicated to the role of community-based organizations, and we hope it will be very beneficial to the hospitals, SNFs, home care, and other community hospitals.
A quality director from one of our EQIC hospitals will discuss their Care Transition Community Collaborative developed with the assistance of IPRO’s QIN-QIO, which includes the identification and involvement of community-based organizations.
As the new care partner model grows over the next few years, we believe that more and more patients and families will be using and referring to their care partner. We want to ensure that our partner organizations understand the model as it becomes more prevalent patient care. The attendance of hospitals outside of EQIC is an important collaborative step for the Task I and Task III participants to work together.

Booster Blitz: Making Sense & Staying on Track: CMS Vaccine Mandates
2022-03-22 12:00 - 12:30, 2022-03-23 16:30 - 17:00

IP3 Office Hours: Infection Prevention for ﻿Infection Preventionists by an Infection Preventionist
2022-03-24 11:00 - 23:30, 2022-03-31 11:00 - 11:30, 2022-04-07 11:00 - 11:30, 2022-04-14 11:00 - 11:30 | Online via Zoom
While you’re at your desk trying to catch up on a myriad of issues, jump on the IPRO QIN-QIO Office Hours call to hear what people are experiencing, share ideas, and brainstorm solutions.

Small Talks: IPRO QIN-QIO Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness & Prevention Programs
2022-03-24 12:00 - 12:30, 2022-03-30 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
According to the CDC, chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 1 in 7 U.S. adults—an estimated 37 million Americans. For individuals with diabetes or high blood pressure—the two most common causes of kidney disease—the risk for CKD is even greater.
Despite the prevalence, as many as 9 in 10 people are unaware they have the disease until it has progressed because early-stage kidney disease usually has no symptoms. Although common, CKD is preventable and treatable. Engaging patients, families, and care partners can help support early detection for people at risk for kidney disease and can significantly delay or prevent the progression of kidney failure.
Join one of the upcoming sessions to learn how to implement the IPRO QIN-QIO CKD Mobile Applications and Patient Engagement Tools.

Small Talks: Health Equity at End-of-Life: Enhancing Access to Advance Directives & Palliative Care
2022-04-07 12:00 - 12:30
Join us to explore how racial and ethnic minorities, and individuals with lower socioeconomic status experience disparities in end-of-life care.
We’ll share tools and strategies to help address these disparities.

Small Talks: Health Equity at End-of-Life: Enhancing Access to Advance Directives & Palliative Care
2022-04-13 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom

Check in with the QIO - Office Hours
2022-04-14 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
A monthly half-hour zoom session to follow up on recent Small Talks, explore new intervention(s), ask questions, and connect with peers.
These 30-minute sessions do not require registration.

Small Talks: Heart Failure – Patient Self-management Supports Better Outcomes
2022-04-21 12:00 - 12:30, 2022-04-27 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
Engaging patients with self-management tools can lead to better outcomes by promoting proper monitoring and early identification of symptoms that require action, before a re-hospitalization occurs. Join us to hear how a heart failure monitoring tool, developed by a Care Transitions Community Coalition, in conjunction with a hospital system, nursing home and visiting nurse partners, is being utilized for patient teaching and self-management, across the continuum.
Learning Objectives:

Recognize that patients with heart failure discharged to the community are at high risk for readmission if there is a knowledge deficit and lack of self-management
Describe how My Health Plan: Taking Care of My Heart Health, one tool that enables clinicians in all settings to provide patient education about heart failure, can promote patient/caregiver involvement in monitoring and tracking of their symptoms, and ultimately, better management of the disease
Consider how you can implement a patient/caregiver heart failure education and tracking tool to impact this leading cause of hospital utilization

April 22: HHS Presents 'We Can Do This Summit: Conversations on Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccinations'
2022-04-22 12:00 - 14:30
Presented by the White House and the Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Summit will feature engaging conversations among leading doctors, medical experts, parents, and community leaders regarding COVID-19 vaccines and how the broader medical community can encourage vaccination among pregnant people, children, teens, and young adults. Some of our expert speakers include:

Xavier Becerra, Secretary, HHS
Dr. Sean O’Leary, Vice Chair, Committee on Infectious Diseases, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Dr. Ada Stewart, Board Chair, American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Ernest Grant, RN, President, American Nurses Association (ANA)
Dr. Gerald Harmon, President, American Medical Association (AMA)
And many more!

The We Can Do This Summit will have a full agenda of important conversations, including:
12:00 PM ET/11:00 AM CT: Opening Remarks by HHS and White House officials.
12:15 PM ET/11:15 AM CT: First Conversation: Don’t Let COVID Get in the Way: Getting Children 5-11 Vaccinated
1:00 PM ET/12:00 PM CT: Second Conversation: Pregnancy and Nursing Moms: Addressing Misinformation
1:40 PM ET/12:40 PM CT: Third Conversation: Getting Young Adults Vaccinated and Boosted
2:15 PM ET/1:15 PM CT: Closing Remarks

Small Talks: Opioid Use Disorder & Related Behaviors: Supporting Patients & Each Other
2022-05-05 12:00 - 12:30, 2022-05-11 12:00 - 12:30 | Online via Zoom
Patients living with opioid use disorder often present with challenging behaviors, which can be a barrier to getting the right care at the right time, and lead to higher hospital utilization. In this session, we’ll explore how de-escalation training and other strategies, such as psychological first aid, can be an effective approach for communicating with patients who present with challenging behaviors, and can also, in turn, help support healthcare colleagues.
Learning Objectives:

Recognize that patients living with opioid use disorder often present with challenging behaviors, which can result in challenges getting the right care at the right time and place
Describe how de-escalation training and other strategies, such as psychological first aid, can be an effective approach for communicating with patients who present with challenging behaviors, and can also, in turn, help support healthcare colleagues
Be prepared to better address patients’ behavioral needs
