Kara Butler Named 2017 40 Under Forty Award Winner

Providence, RI (July 20, 2017) – Kara H. Butler, MBA, MHSA, Director of Administrative Services, was recently named one of the 2017 40 Under Forty Award winners by the Providence Business News (PBN).
Healthcentric Advisors Publishes COPD Education Pilot Program of Greater Providence Coalition

Providence, RI (July 6, 2017) – A coalition of healthcare practitioners in Rhode Island, in partnership with quality improvement experts at Healthcentric Advisors, designed and implemented a standardized, COPD education program for use across multiple healthcare settings.
Healthcentric Advisors and Brown University Publish New Study
Providence, RI (July 5, 2017) – Researchers at Healthcentric Advisors and Brown University conducted a study that analyzed open-ended answers by 744 physicians to this question on a Rhode Island Department of Health survey in 2014: “How does using an EHR affect your interaction with patients?”
Healthcentric Advisors Awarded Best Places to Work 7 Continuous-Years

Providence, RI (May 23, 2017) – Healthcentric Advisors was recently named as one of the 2017 Best Places to Work in Rhode Island.
Cross-Setting Collaboration Improves Nursing Home Discharges Back to the Community

When a resident is discharged from a skilled nursing facility, efforts to avoid re-hospitalization go beyond the nursing facility; it takes a community effort to keep a resident at home. […]
Five Questions with Lauren Capizzo
Providence, RI (May 12, 2017) – Lauren Capizzo, Director, Practice Transformation, was featured in the Providence Business News 5 Questions Series.
Success Story: Collaborating to Help Rhode Island Nursing Facilities Reduce Antipsychotic Medication Use
In Rhode Island, the New England QIN-QIO Nursing Home Team convened staff from local nursing facilities who were struggling to reduce antipsychotic medication use among their resident population. During this […]
Chosen to Provide CMS Quality Payment Program Support for Small Practices throughout New England

PROVIDENCE, RI (March 9, 2017) – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a five-year federal contract to Healthcentric Advisors and its partner organization, Qualidigm, to assist New England-based small physician and other eligible clinical practices to prepare for and participate in the new Quality Payment Program (QPP), established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).
New England QIN-QIO Sharing Data to Reduce Opioid-Related Adverse Drug Events

Providence, RI (February 2017) – Medication-related adverse events are affecting record numbers of Medicare beneficiaries in the United States.
Awarded Two-Year Special Innovation Project – “Interventions that are Ready for Spread and Scalability”

Woburn, Massachusetts (October 17, 2016) — Nursing facilities are faced with challenges when discharging patients back to the community.