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.
President & CEO Honored with Business Leadership Award
Providence, RI (October 14, 2016) – H. John Keimig, President & Chief Executive Officer at Healthcentric Advisors, is being honored for Business Leadership in Providence Business News’ 16th Annual Business Excellence Awards program.
QIO Study finds Habilitation Therapy – A Promising Alternative for Dementia Care
Woburn, MA (September 28, 2016) -– As part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the quality improvement organization (QIO) examined the use of habilitation therapy techniques in 30 Massachusetts skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).