Description: Health equity requirements have been building over the last several years-especially after the pandemic. In 2015, CMS introduced the first ever "Equity Plan for Improving Quality in Medicare". This plan has grown exponentially, and what started as collecting race, ethnicity and language date, has progressed to the collection of social determinants of health data which will become mandatory for many hospitals through various regulatory programs. Indiana began the SDOH program journey 5 years ago.

Join this session to learn:

• The history of equity and CMS's plan for improving quality of care
• New health equity measures being introduced and who has to collect them
• The state of the state for collecting Z codes and improvement rates
• The impact of your work as Health Information Management Professionals.

Webinar Date: This was presented as part of IHIMA’s 2024 Annual Meeting & Exhibit – April 2024 

Duration: 1 hour

Speaker: Madeline Wilson, MSN, RN, CLSSBB is the Quality & Patient Safety Advisor, Health Equity Lead at Indiana Hospital Association. After serving over 30 years in the nursing field in acute and ambulatory settings in quality, risk, regulatory, and patient safety, Madeline decided to take her passion for zero harm to the next level by using her skills in change management both at the state and national level. She assists hospitals in harm reduction with performance improvement initiatives, educational resources, and culture of safety coaching. Also serving as the health equity lead for the Indiana Hospital Association, Madeline has assisted hospitals with the development of systems to track social determinants of health through Z code tracking to better identify the needs of communities. She is a member of the Indiana Sexual Violence Prevention Council and has been trained in the Indiana Trafficking Victims Assistance Program (ITVAP). Madeline also holds a master’s degree in nursing with a focus on Healthcare Policy and advocates at both the patient and hospital level.

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Cost: $25 Members/ $35 Non-Members

1 AHIMA CEU*

Domain VI: Organizational Management and Leadership

*AHIMA CEUs are also accepted by the AAPC. Check eligibility on the AAPC website.