eCQM
Justin McCarthur’s basketball journey has taken him from Bishop McDevitt High School to Shippensburg University – and now to the northern European country of Lithuania. McCarthur, a 1,000-point scorer in both high school and college, reached an agreement with Delikatesas Jokinis, a team that plays in the National Basketball League (NKL). The NKL is the second-tiered league in Lithuania and consists of 14 teams. kA 5:ClQ=ECQm“x …
After a devastating knee injury and nearly 12 months on the sidelines, Laney Noreika is back, fully healthy and with a brand new perspective, ready to power Big Spring field hockey’s attack for the 2020 season. “I am fully recovered now and I have actually got in 30 games of basketball over the summer with AAU,” Noreika said last week. “My knee feels great, I am perfectly fine and I …
Franklin County is pleased to welcome Shawn Haines as the new Director of the Franklin County Area Agency on Aging, effective Aug. 6, 2020. “I’m excited to start in this new role and I’m committed to building upon the foundation already established. While there are obvious challenges that currently exist, there are also many opportunities ahead,” said Haines. “I’m looking forward to working with the team in aging to further …
Recently, Pennsylvania lawmakers held a hearing on how police handle mental health calls. Cori Seilhamer, Franklin County’s Mental Health Program Specialist and Certified CIT Coordinator, offered testimony regarding the county programs. On Aug. 13, 2020, Seilhamer addressed the House Democratic Policy Committee, discussing the success of the Franklin County Mental Health Co-Responder program. Since the program’s inception in April of 2017, close to 900 individuals have been diverted from …
The Foundry Artist Cooperative, located at 100 S. Main St., Chambersburg, is currently displaying a collaborative painting by 36 women artists from the area, with individual canvases being sponsored to benefit Women in Need of Chambersburg. “[email protected]” will be on view at the Foundry through Nov. 1, with gallery hours from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. “We had to work creatively to find a way …
The Millers open fountain-themed corn maze at Maple Lane | Community News | shipnc.com | 9/10/2020
The fall season is upon us, and what better way to usher in the cooler weather than by wandering through a corn maze, especially a maze that has been designed as one of Newville’s most popular landmarks. The third annual Corn Maze at Maple Lane Farm on Crossroad School Road officially opened over the beautiful Labor Day weekend, with the Newville Fountain as its theme. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmy677C6J :==6C …
Newburg to bring a ‘Labor of Love’ to the community | Community News | shipnc.com | 9/10/2020
The Newburg community is gearing up for a new fall event taking place next Saturday, Sept. 19. Deemed a “Labor of Love,” the family-fun fall preview was created to bring the community together to enjoy some of the fun things that were lost this summer due to COVID-19. The event is the collaborative effort of friends and neighbors in both Hopewell Township and the Borough of Newburg, and …
Flight 93 Memorial brings back vivid memories of 9/11 | Local News | shipnc.com | 9/10/2020
With the upcoming 19th Anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, I wanted to visit the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville – between Bedford and Somerset – not far from home here in Shippensburg. As I entered the Memorial entrance, I began to recall the day 19 years ago when we were attacked by terrorists who hijacked four planes with each plane having many passengers aboard. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmx C6 6 36C E92E …
On Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, Wreaths Across America calls for every American to stand outside and wave a flag for one minute at 8:46 a.m., and then again at 9:03 a.m. At 8:46 a.m., on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, five hijackers took control of American Airlines Flight 11 and flew it into the heart of New York City and the northern facade of the World Trade Center’s North Tower (1 …
The Millers open fountain-themed corn maze at Maple Lane | Vts News | shipnc.com | 9/9/2020
The fall season is upon us, and what better way to usher in the cooler weather than by wandering through a corn maze, especially a maze that has been designed as one of Newville’s most popular landmarks. The third annual Corn Maze at Maple Lane Farm on Crossroad School Road officially opened over the beautiful Labor Day weekend, with the Newville Fountain as its theme. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmy677C6J :==6C …
OUTDOORS: Squirrel season & other things to do in our valley | Outdoors | shipnc.com | 9/9/2020
This Saturday marks a major change for squirrel hunters in the commonwealth. Instead of waiting until mid-October, squirrel hunters can now hunt squirrels beginning Sept. 12. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission squirrels are an under-harvested species. I asked the commission years ago why hunters couldn’t hunt squirrels earlier in the fall, like most other states allow. A biologist’s answer was that squirrels in September might still be …
Going ga-ga: Zachary Rhodes completes Eagle Scout Project | 9/3/2020
Zachary Rhodes has participated in Scouts since he was in the 5th grade, starting as a Webelo Scout with Troop 120 in Shippensburg. Fast forward several years, and Zachary has advanced to the ultimate honor in Scouting, earning his Eagle Scout Badge. To achieve this feat, Zachary designed and created a ga-ga pit at Southampton (Cumberland) Township Park. Ga-ga (Hebrew, meaning ‘touch-touch’) is a variant of dodge …
Readers enjoy a-maiz-ing deals at Book Nook sale | 9/3/2020
Eager readers got lost in the pages of the books they purchased from the Book Nook’s A-maiz-ing Book Sale over the weekend. Thousands of books were separated by category on numerous tables outside of the Book Nook, the Coy Public Library’s used bookstore along West King Street. Patrons could also peruse the endless shelves of books inside the store, and all of their finds were offered at a …
Crews fight lab room fire at Lane Enterprises | 9/3/2020
Several area fire companies were called to Lane Enterprises, 34 Strohm Road in Southampton (Cumberland) Township at 7:08 p.m. Sunday for a reported building fire. A Shippensburg Area EMS unit was the first on the scene, and reported fire and smoke showing from the second floor of the building. kA 5:ClQ=ECQm&[email protected]? E96:C [email protected][ u:C6 r9:67 r=J56 %:??6C @7 ‘:8:=2?E [email protected] …
Now Available: CMS 2021 eCQM Flows | 9/3/2020
… Medicaid Services (CMS) ( @CMSGov ) developed and published the 2021 performance period electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) flows for eligible professionals/eligible clinicians and eligible hospitals/critical access hospitals to the eCQI Resource Center . The eCQM flows are designed to assist in interpretation of the eCQM logic and calculation methodology for performance rates. The eCQM flows provide an overview of each of the population criteria components and associated data elements that …
The Fort Loudon Community Center celebrated the completion of its brand new walking and bike path last week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Franklin County Commissioners David Keller and John Flannery. “This walking and bike path will provide a safe place for residents of all ages to enjoy,” said Keller. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmt2C=J E9:D J62C[ E96 uC2? =:? [email protected]?EJ [email protected] :DD:@?6CD [email protected] …
The Cumberland County Commissioners recently approved $22,488.327.73 of the $22.9 million available in Renew Cumberland block grants to small businesses with less than 100 employees, tourism businesses of any size, municipalities, nonprofits, behavioral health and drug and alcohol treatment providers, and county government. Renew Cumberland Grant Awards breakdown by category, amount of grants and funding: kA 5:ClQ=ECQmqFD:?6DD6D Wc__Xi S’b[_‘d[_hh k^Am kA 5 …
Worms: Bag or web? | Community News | shipnc.com | 9/3/2020
Is it a bagworm or a webworm? These are two common pests that become noticeable on ornamental trees during late summer and early fall. Both are native moths, but the one to worry about is the bagworm, which can cause serious damage to conifers; the other, the fall webworm, creates an ugly mess but does little damage to trees. Fall webworm kA 5:ClQ=ECQmu2== [email protected] 4C62E6D =2C86[ 5 …
The Big Spring Bulldog travel baseball team’s 10 oldest 9U players combined with 10-year-olds Parker Hamman and Drew Graver Barnouski to finish runner-up at the 10U level during the Beat the Heat Baseball Tournament held at the Newville Little League Complex Aug. 22 and 23. The Bulldogs lost Saturday to the Chambersburg Trojans 10U team, 17-2, and tied the Letort Orioles, 12-12. They defeated the Letort Orioles …
Former Shippensburg University basketball player Justin McCarthur has reached an agreement with Delikatesas Joniškis, a basketball team that plays in the National Basketball League (NKL). The NKL is the second-tier league in Lithuania and consists of 14 teams. McCarthur plans to leave for Lithuania in September once he receives the adequate releases and clearances to travel overseas. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmp [email protected]\E: 6 p==!6??DJ=G2?:2 …
Born just one minute apart, brothers Austin and Grant Long will remain together even as they continue their football careers at the next level. Austin and Grant, fraternal twins and Big Spring seniors, will team up at Grove City College beginning in the fall of 2021 after committing to the Division III Wolverines Aug. 25. kA 5:ClQ=ECQm“,[email protected] r:EJ. :D 2 G6CJ [email protected]@= A=246 2 …
Gadsden State Community College has announced students who earned their associate degree in registered nursing as well as those honored for their academic achievements during the spring and summer semesters. For the spring 2020 class, the Nightingale winners are Megan Montgomery of Jacksonville for the Wallace Drive Campus and Beverly Davis of Piedmont for Gadsden State Cherokee. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDA2?m k^DA2?mk^Am kA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDA2 …
10U Edge baseball team ends summer with four tournament titles | 8/27/2020
The 10U Edge travel baseball team completed the season with four championships and two runner-up titles. The team went 5-0 to win the 2020 10U Central PA Super Qualifier Perfect Game tournament. kA 5:ClQ=ECQm“%96 [email protected] A=2J65 [email protected] 2?5 [email protected]?5 [email protected] H:? E96 !6C764E v2 6 [email protected]?2 6?E[Q D2:5 ‘_& t586 9625 [email protected] [email protected]? 2 24K6HD :]k^Am …
Light the Night gives hope, closure for families traumatized by addiction | 8/27/2020
Overdose is one of the leading causes of death among young people today, and to help raise awareness about this tragic cause, International Overdose Awareness Day is observed each year on Aug. 31. The day is designed to raise awareness of overdoses and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death. The solemn day also acknowledges the grief felt by families and friends who are left to remember those who …
On Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, Wreaths Across America calls for every American to stand outside and wave a flag for one minute at 8:46 a.m., and then again at 9:03 a.m. At 8:46 a.m., on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, five hijackers took control of American Airlines Flight 11 and flew it into the heart of New York City and the northern facade of the World Trade Center’s North Tower (1 …
NCQA
… NCQA, including holding NCQA’s eCQM Certification, Measure Certification for HEDIS® Health Plan 2020, PCMH and PCSP Prevalidation; demonstrating the commitment to provide clients an effective enterprise analytics solution. KPI Ninja CONTACT: Susan Price 402-681-9283 [email protected] SOURCE KPI Ninja Related Links https://www.kpininja.com …
NCQA Selects Apervita as Beta Partner for eCQM Certification Program | PR Newswire | 7/23/2020
CHICAGO Apervita , a trusted technology leader in healthcare collaboration for payers, providers, and other stakeholders, today announced that it has been named a beta testing partner for the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) eCQM Certification Program™. NCQA, a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality, selected Apervita to test how well they calculate eCQMs using electronic clinical data by utilizing NCQA methodology. Apervita was selected for this program …
National Committee for Quality Assurance
NCQA Selects Apervita as Beta Partner for eCQM Certification Program | PR Newswire | 7/23/2020
CHICAGO Apervita , a trusted technology leader in healthcare collaboration for payers, providers, and other stakeholders, today announced that it has been named a beta testing partner for the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) eCQM Certification Program™. NCQA, a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality, selected Apervita to test how well they calculate eCQMs using electronic clinical data by utilizing NCQA methodology. Apervita was selected for this program …
Apervita Achieves NCQA Digital HEDIS Certification with CQL Engine | PR Newswire | 7/22/2020
… 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Apervita , a trusted technology leader in healthcare collaboration for payers, providers, and other stakeholders, today announced the NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance) Measure Certification Program™ has certified Apervita for a subset of … vendor to receive NCQA certification for CQL-based execution of eCQMs. Some 190 million Americans are enrolled in health plans that report care quality measures to NCQA. As part of a broader healthcare push, within …
Medicare
Apervita Achieves NCQA Digital HEDIS Certification with CQL Engine | PR Newswire | 7/22/2020
… eCQMs. Some 190 million Americans are enrolled in health plans that report care quality measures to NCQA. As part of a broader healthcare push, within the past two years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and The Joint Commission have accelerated their migration of traditional quality measure specifications to the digital format. HEDIS, developed by NCQA, is a tool used by more than 90 percent of America’s health plans …
Apervita Secures $22 Million Investment to Fuel Future Growth | PR Newswire | 11/12/2019
… Medicare and Medicaid’s electronic quality measures (eCQMs). Apervita is the first to receive certification from National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for clinical quality language (CQL) based execution of eCQMs, and is currently among the first companies pursuing certification for digital versions of Electronic Clinical Data Systems (ECDS) and Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information (HEDIS ® ) measures released by NCQA. With its cutting edge cloud-based quality solution, Apervita can now …
Medicaid
Apervita Achieves NCQA Digital HEDIS Certification with CQL Engine | PR Newswire | 7/22/2020
… eCQMs. Some 190 million Americans are enrolled in health plans that report care quality measures to NCQA. As part of a broader healthcare push, within the past two years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and The Joint Commission have accelerated their migration of traditional quality measure specifications to the digital format. HEDIS, developed by NCQA, is a tool used by more than 90 percent of America’s health plans …
Pioneers in Quality™ Fact Sheet | 11/4/2019
… eCQM) journey to improve eCQM data use for quality improvement. The program originally launched to provide resources to aid hospitals in the transition from chart-abstracted measures to eCQMs. The program has grown to include additional key components. Hospitals collect eCQM information through electronic health records (EHRs) and transmit the data to The Joint Commission as part of its ORYX® performance measurement requirements, and to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid …
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Apervita Achieves NCQA Digital HEDIS Certification with CQL Engine | PR Newswire | 7/22/2020
… eCQMs. Some 190 million Americans are enrolled in health plans that report care quality measures to NCQA. As part of a broader healthcare push, within the past two years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and The Joint Commission have accelerated their migration of traditional quality measure specifications to the digital format. HEDIS, developed by NCQA, is a tool used by more than 90 percent of America’s health plans …
… time access to quality measures. Over the last two years, The Joint Commission has transformed its electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) reporting process to increase value and reduce burden for thousands of their 4,500 accredited … is the new industry standard for measures, used by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for 2019 eCQM reporting, and endorsed by HL7 International. CQL brings together the underlying logic of quality measurement, clinical …
American Hospital Association
Hospitals balk as CMS doubles down on price transparency | Healthcare Dive | 5/12/2020
… to help “predictably compensate hospitals for their costs” and “provide payment flexibility” as new therapies become available. Dive Insight: The American Hospital Association, which is suing HHS for earlier price transparency efforts, did not mince … 2023 and beyond. The rule also proposes publicly reporting the eCQM data for the first time, beginning with calendar year 2021. CMS had hinted at the CAR-T reimbursement change earlier. Currently, payment is under …
Hospitals balk as CMS doubles down on price transparency | Healthcare Dive | 5/12/2020
… to help “predictably compensate hospitals for their costs” and “provide payment flexibility” as new therapies become available. Dive Insight: The American Hospital Association, which is suing HHS for earlier price transparency efforts, did not mince … 2023 and beyond. The rule also proposes publicly reporting the eCQM data for the first time, beginning with calendar year 2021. CMS had hinted at the CAR-T reimbursement change earlier. Currently, payment is under …
Clinical Data
Apervita Secures $22 Million Investment to Fuel Future Growth | PR Newswire | 11/12/2019
… eCQMs). Apervita is the first to receive certification from National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for clinical quality language (CQL) based execution of eCQMs, and is currently among the first companies pursuing certification for digital versions of Electronic Clinical Data Systems (ECDS) and Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information (HEDIS ® ) measures released by NCQA. With its cutting edge cloud-based quality solution, Apervita can now incorporate standard and custom digital quality …
The Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative: A Multiyear Partnership Transforms Care | 9/1/2019
… eCQMs) and a complementary interdisciplinary quality improvement toolkit and establishing the first nutrition-focused national Learning Collaborative. MQii’s vision for future directions and applications in 2020 and beyond will explore partnerships to include the malnutrition eCQM in available clinical data registries. Qualified Clinical Data Registries will provide a pathway for collecting nutrition data relevant to RDNs because as of 2020, payments for Medicare Part B nutrition services and quality improvement …
ACOs
Diameter Health First to Earn NCQA eMeasure and ONC eCQM Certification | PRWeb | 8/12/2019
… The company then used the test report from NCQA’s ONC-Authorized Testing Lab to earn Health IT certification for the eCQM criteria from the federal government. As an ONC-Authorized Testing Lab, NCQA can test … streams, such as Health Information Exchanges (HIEs), Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), health systems and health plans, to realize greater value from their data. For more information, visit http://www.diameterhealth.com or email [email protected] …
SPH Analytics Awarded MIPS Qualified Registry And QCDR Approvals | PRWeb | 1/3/2018
… set includes: Collection and validation of codified and non-codified data from a large number of EMR systems Library of eCQMs (electronic clinical quality measures) and registry-based measures to choose from, including the CMS … Nexus™ Platform, providing insights and impact to integrated health networks, ACOs, hospitals, ambulatory care providers, physician groups, and health plans. SPH’s quality measure dashboards, financial risk measurement, healthcare survey and call center solutions, and consulting …
Unified Medical Language System
IRIS Announces FHIR® Enablement of VSAC Resources | PR Newswire | 12/21/2017
… Unified Medical Language System ® Metathesaurus License access to the current VSAC value sets and supported code systems. The VSAC provides downloadable access to all official versions of vocabulary value sets drawn from standard vocabularies contained in the CMS electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) ( https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/ ). This service supports the CodeSystem and ValueSet FHIR Terminology Module resources to access value sets published, and code systems hosted, by VSAC. “HL7’s FHIR …
IRIS Announces FHIR® Enablement of VSAC Resources | PR Newswire | 12/21/2017
… Unified Medical Language System ® Metathesaurus License access to the current VSAC value sets and supported code systems. The VSAC provides downloadable access to all official versions of vocabulary value sets drawn from standard vocabularies contained in the CMS electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) ( https://vsac.nlm.nih.gov/ ). This service supports the CodeSystem and ValueSet FHIR Terminology Module resources to access value sets published, and code systems hosted, by VSAC. “HL7’s FHIR …
Apervita
NCQA Selects Apervita as Beta Partner for eCQM Certification Program | PR Newswire | 7/23/2020
CHICAGO Apervita , a trusted technology leader in healthcare collaboration for payers, providers, and other stakeholders, today announced that it has been named a beta testing partner for the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) eCQM Certification Program™. NCQA, a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality, selected Apervita to test how well they calculate eCQMs using electronic clinical data by utilizing NCQA methodology. Apervita was selected for this program …
Apervita Achieves NCQA Digital HEDIS Certification with CQL Engine | PR Newswire | 7/22/2020
Apervita Achieves NCQA Digital HEDIS Certification with CQL Engine Apervita digital HEDIS measures bring consistency, efficiency and standardization to healthcare quality reporting News provided by Jul 22, 2020, 10:00 ET Share this article CHICAGO , July … vendor to receive NCQA certification for CQL-based execution of eCQMs. Some 190 million Americans are enrolled in health plans that report care quality measures to NCQA. As part of a broader healthcare push, within …
Summit Health
Splash Your Sole runners help The Gleaning Project | Community News | shipnc.com | 10/31/2019
… Summit Health presented a check from the race proceeds to Gleaning Project officials. “We are so grateful for the ongoing support WellSpan Summit has provided since our inception in 2015,” said Liz Hills, Gleaning Project coordinator. “This money will be used to improve the infrastructure of our program, so we can continue to kA 5:ClQ=ECQm8=62? 56=:4:@FD[ [email protected]= 7CF:ED 2?5 G686E23=6D [email protected] …
Just one month before her scheduled 2018 mammogram, WellSpan Summit Health employee Steph Wilkes felt something that didn’t seem right. “In November of 2018, I detected a small lump in my right breast. I continued to watch it realizing, week by week … it was growing,” said Wilkes. kA 5:ClQ=ECQm$96 256 2? [email protected]:?E 6?E H:E9 96C AC: 2CJ 42C6 [email protected]:56C [email protected] @C56C65 2 …
State of Delaware
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