MHR Newsletter
2023 #7
May 22, 2023
By: Nancy Ross Bell
From Susan
Access to care, social determinants of health, payer responsibilities, claim denials, prior authorizations, and provider directories are just some of what you will read below in our NEWS links. Also, under our list of EVENTS, you will find webinars and conferences to help expand your knowledge about topics related to NCQA standards.
With June approaching, it’s a good time to conduct a mid-year assessment of your compliance with NCQA accreditation requirements. MHR has a proprietary Gap Assessment tool that the MHR consultants use to detect your organization’s strengths and opportunities.
MHR is a leader in preparing organizations for NCQA accreditation and certification programs. We speak and act from years of experience! Contact me to determine how we can best assist you.
Contact me to see how we can help you.
Susan K. Moore, President & CEO
NEWS
Race and Ethnicity Stratification Learning Network
Payers uniquely positioned to enhance health equity, United Hospital Fund report says
Illinois Requests Section 1115 Waiver Extension to Respond to HRSNs and Eliminate Inequities
How will CMS’s proposed rule shift standards for Medicaid enrollee access to services?
Insurance Commissioners eye Cigna following report of physicians denying claims without reading them
NCQA Makes “Engine” Software Requirements Open-Source, Expanding Access to HEDIS Digital Content
MA plan directories haunted by ghost mental health networks, Senate Finance Committee finds
State Lawmakers Eye Forced Treatment to Address Overlap in Homelessness and Mental Health
Prior Authorization has Radiation Oncologist Deferring to Business Manager
UPCOMING INDUSTRY EVENTS
May 23, 2023
ONC’s Social Determinants of Health Information Exchange Learning Forum: Implementation, Measurement, and Evaluation
The Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (ONC)
• Webinar
May 22-24, 2023
Digital Health Transformation Summit
Modern Healthcare
• Chicago, IL
June 6-7, 2023
Optimizing Appeals & Grievance Summit
RISE
• Virtual
June 7-8, 2023
Health Equity Conference
CMS Office of Minority Health
• Virtual, Washington, D. C.
June 20-22, 2023
QUALIPALOOZA 2023
RISE
• Hyatt Regency Miami, Florida
Sept 11-13, 2023
NAHQ Next™
National Association for Healthcare Quality®
• Virtual
September 13, 2023
The Evolution of Mental Health Research
NIMH
• Virtual symposium
Sept 27-28, 2023
Activate2023
mPulse Mobile
• Minneapolis, MN
Oct 3-5, 2023
28th Annual Case Management Conference
National Association of Case Management
• New Orleans, LA
Oct 15-17, 2023
The 13th Annual RISE Symposium on Required Quality Reporting Measures
RISE
• New Orleans
Oct 23-25, 2023
NCQA Health Innovation Summit
NCQA
• Orlando, FL
Oct 25-26, 2023
PHA Innovation Summit
Population Health Alliance
• Washington, D.C.
TIPS
Month Awareness Calendar for Population Health Management Activity Ideas
May
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: May 2023
National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (May 19, 2023)
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
June
Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month
Family Health and Fitness Day (June 10, 2023)
National Cancer Survivors Day (June 4, 2023)
July
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
August
National Immunization Awareness Month
