2012 Healthcare Trends | Practice Transformation Services Consultant

RMS Healthcare has been promoting development of the primary care patient centered medical home (PCMH) and clinical integration of healthcare for the past several years. Healthcare delivery is currently undergoing significant transformation in hopes of improving quality and efficiency. Several activities are underway to help practices optimize healthcare through efficient operations. All indications are practices will continue to […]

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Summerwood Pediatrics Earns PPC-PCMH Recognition | Practice Transformation Services

RMS Healthcare was the lead consultant in helping Summerwood Pediatrics to receive recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Physician Practice Connections-Patient Centered Medical Home (PPC®-PCMH™) program. “The patient-centered medical home promises to improve health and health care,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane. “The active, ongoing relationship between a patient and a […]

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Practice Transformation – The Future of Healthcare Delivery

This blog post is written by our guest blogger Mark Dengler, President of Research & Marketing Strategies (RMS), Inc., a market research company in Syracuse, NY. Healthcare delivery is undergoing transformation with a focus on “evidence-based” care delivery. Leading the reform is the development of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO). An ACO is a group of […]

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Practice Transformation Through Quality Assurance | NCQA

This post was written by our Guest Blogger Susan Maxsween who is our Healthcare Transformation Manager at RMS. Nationally, healthcare delivery is undergoing significant change and reform.  Locally, individual practices are being asked to join this movement, with the expectation of creating  more effective provider communities that: Engages the patient, as a whole person, in […]

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Specialty Practice Recognition – The Next Step in Healthcare Transformation

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announced they are intending for a summer launch of a program for Specialty Practice Recognition.  The program is slated to include some of the same elements required of Patient Centered Medical Home recognitions awarded to primary care providers.  These will include providing timely access to care and continuous […]

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Engaging Practices in Healthcare Transformation Services

This blog post discusses the recent NCQA initiatives shown to support healthcare transformation services across the country. RMS Healthcare is a healthcare transformation services organization based in Syracuse, NY.

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Practices Recognized for Top Level PCMH Recognition | Healthcare Transformation Services

RMS Healthcare, a division of Research & Marketing Strategies, Inc., located in upstate New York, is pleased to announce that FLH Medical, PC practices have been awarded PPC®-PCMH™ Level 3 Recognition from National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). RMS is a healthcare transformation services organization in Syracuse NY.

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Implementation Delay for the Revised Incentive Plans for NCQA Recognized Primary Care Practices

The following blog post was written by Karen Joncas, a Healthcare Transformation Coordinator at RMS. RMS Healthcare is a leader in healthcare transformation services, and has assisted over 200 practices in their journey to Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition.  Primary care practices that have patients enrolled in a Medicaid or Managed Medicaid insurance program will […]

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Tips to Sustain Your Patient-Centered Medical Home Practice

As physician practices embark on the journey to transform to Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH), questions that are often in the forefront if the “transformation” team’s mind is how are “we” going to get there, and more importantly, what is it going to take for the team to get there?  These can be very daunting questions […]

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HIPAA Compliance Tips for Your Practice | Do’s and Don’ts

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) provides federal protection for individuals identifiable health information held by covered entities and their business associates, and gives patients rights with respect to that information. HIPAA ensures that you have rights over your health information. That includes the right to review your personal information, making […]

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