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102 Programs Have Earned Achievement Rings
All of our 244 QC participants have been diligently working
towards earning their pillar rings this year. At the end of third
quarter of the inaugural year of QC, 102 hospices have earned
achievement rings. One hundred participants have earned their
education ring, 43 have earned their application ring, three have
earned their measurement ring, and six have earned their
innovation ring. Read the NHPCO press release.
NHPCO celebrates the " Ring Achievements " quarterly by displaying
their achievement on an NHPCO webpage that is accessible
publicly. We want them to promote themselves as QC participants
and to direct partners, payers, etc. to our QC Achievement
webpage to display their accomplishments in the program.
" By earning rings that are part of the Quality Connections
program, participating hospice programs are showing that quality
matters to those they serve and to the payers and other providers
that they work with, " said NHPCO President and CEO Edo Banach.
NHPCO COO Ben Marcantonio (R) presents a Quality Connections
plaque to Calvert Hospice Executive Director Sarah Simmons and Board
President Greg Kernan.
Because the program runs the length of a calendar year, some
activities cannot be completed until the end of the year and a
pillar ring will not be closed until that time. Not all participants
will close all pillar rings in this timeframe and that is fine. In fact, our innovation pillar activities are designed to require a
participant to plan and push for higher performance achievement.
NHPCO is pleased with the QC program implementation this year and we are actively planning program enhancements
for 2022. NHPCO remains committed to assisting hospice and palliative care providers in continuous quality and
performance improvement activity that supports safe, effective, and timely care outcomes for patients and families.
Providers who actively engage in quality improvement raise the bar for performance which leads to service excellence.
NHPCO built Quality Connections to help providers accomplish that goal.
By earning rings that
are part of the Quality
Connections program,
participating hospice
programs are showing
that quality matters to
those they serve...
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