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Budget Impasse Causes Delay in NC’s Medicaid Transformation
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On September 3, NCDHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen, announced that implementation of the state’s Medicaid Transformation would be delayed.
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Stakeholders Provide Feedback to Changes in CMS Hospital Star Ratings
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On August 19, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its plans to change the controversial methodology used for its hospital star ratings on Hospital Compare. However, changes won’t occur until 2021.
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CMS Releases State Guidance for Medicaid Implementation of SUPPORT Act
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States must amend their State Plan and receive CMS approval of the application for implementation of these DUR requirements.
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Developing Your Strategic Capital Campaign Plan (and Getting Ready to Launch!)
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So, you’ve decided you want to launch a Capital Campaign to support a large upcoming project for your organization. Here’s what you need to know.
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FCC Seeks Comment on $100M Connected Care Pilot Program Approved in Support of Expanding Telehealth Adoption
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This article summarizes some of the key programmatic elements that health care providers, associations, and other stakeholders are being asked to provide comment on by the FCC.
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Wreck-it Ralph and Change Management
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Is fear of new and different the reason that 70% of change initiatives fail? The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I was thinking about it the wrong way. Instead, I decided to focus on why change succeeds.
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A 4-Letter Word for (Your Organization’s) Future
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At its core, strategic planning is a decision-making process. But, where do you start? Pro-tip: It’s probably a four-letter word.
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Why Should Nonprofits Use LinkedIn?
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Most nonprofits and businesses know that to achieve their marketing goals, they must harness the power of social media. But with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and more, it’s not always easy to know where to focus efforts when limited time and resources exist.
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North Carolina Republicans Introduce Bill to Expand Medicaid
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On April 9, 2019, a group of House Republicans in North Carolina introduced House Bill (HB) 655 named the “NC Health Insurance for Working Families Act”. The bill mirrors “Carolina Cares” legislation that was introduced in the 2017-2018 legislative session.
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Ensuring Compliance and Success with Nonprofit Hospital Community Benefits Reporting
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There is a renewed interest at the federal level in ensuring that tax-exempt hospitals are meeting the intent of the community benefits standard. Here’s what you need to know.
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The Critical Importance of Donor Stewardship to Continued Philanthropic Giving
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Keep donors confident in your organization’s direction, and inform and connect their philanthropic goals with your work.
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The Mothership: Capital Campaign
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The Capital Campaign is the mothership in the fundraising world that helps expand your mission and reach more people with a significant change.
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Identifying Project Leads Early for Post-Award Grant Management Success
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You’ve finished the heavy lifting of designing a project or program, writing a grant, and submitting the application and you just found out you’ve been awarded the grant. Congratulations! …But now what?
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Opportunities for Behavioral Health Transformation: Making Change
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Over the past decade, public behavioral health systems across the country have undergone one transformation after another. As a result, providers and system stakeholders are often left feeling like just when one transformation finishes, it’s time to start over again.
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Medicare Advantage: Seeing the Value in Addressing the Social Determinants of Health
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Once a year, Medicare beneficiaries have the opportunity to renew their coverage or make changes to their Medicare enrollment. That can mean choosing to enroll in Medicare Advantage (MA), selecting a new MA plan, or opting for a different benefit package.
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Fundraising Professionals: Embrace Personal Connections for Success
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There are several basic and well-known tenets in fundraising, whether one fundraises professionally. It is essential to personalize the donor experience for charities and nonprofits. Acknowledging kindness can significantly improve the relationship.
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Giving Fundraising Staff a Seat at the Table Encourages Nonprofit Organizational Growth
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It is the objective of every fundraiser to determine what the C-Suite’s sweet spot is in terms of luring them into doing what they must in order for nonprofit fundraising efforts to be successful. Here’s how.
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Overcoming Conflict Through Action
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We typically work with companies undergoing some form of change. Small change, big change. Change driven from internal forces, from external forces, and oftentimes both.
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Is Strategic Planning Dead? A Response.
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To strategic plan or not to strategic plan? That is the question. We at Atromitos think the answer is yes, but not the way strategic planning has traditionally been done.
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Collaborative Governance 2.0: Building Buy-In Through Context and Transparency
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Governance is a process through which decisions are made and implemented on a particular project or plan. Good governance is characterized by accountability, transparency, responsiveness, inclusiveness, and is consensus-oriented.
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Changing Change Management
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“Change is hard.” People say that all the time. Big change, small change. And it’s true. Change is hard. But, it is also something that is constant. Particularly in health care. Particularly right now.