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January Caregiver Connection Newsletter
The January edition of Caregiver Connection can be found at this LINK.
Wellness Wednesday – December 21
Centers for Medicare Services Responding to Data Breach at Subcontractor
CMS Notifying Potentially Involved Beneficiaries and Providing Information on Free Credit Monitoring
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responding to a data breach at Healthcare Management Solutions, LLC (HMS), a subcontractor of ASRC Federal Data Solutions, LLC (ASRC Federal), that may involve Medicare beneficiaries’ personally identifiable information (PII) and/or protected health information (PHI). No CMS systems were breached and no Medicare claims data were involved. Initial information indicates that HMS acted in violation of its obligations to CMS and that the incident involving HMS has the potential to impact up to 254,000 Medicare beneficiaries’ personally identifiable information out of the over 64 million beneficiaries that CMS serves. This week, CMS is mailing beneficiaries that have been potentially impacted a letter from CMS notifying them directly of the breach. A copy of that letter can be found below. Go HERE for more details.
What to do if your online order never arrives
We’ve all been there. During the holidays you order something online and anxiously await its arrival. But then your package doesn’t come when the seller said it would. And worse, you hear nothing. Your happy anticipation is turning to anger and frustration. So now what?
Wellness Wednesday – December 14
Holiday Tips for Caregiving session being offered
Columbus North Senior works with Thrive Alliance to help provide Thanksgiving meals
For his senior project at Columbus North High School, Darren Riley, decided to help make a difference in his community by providing food for Thanksgiving meals to older community members in need.
Darren, son of Thrive Alliance In-Home Service Manager, Jillian Riley, worked with his advisor, Beth Hummell, Nutrition Program Manager at Thrive Alliance, to design a program for community members to donate food items at various locations in town (Columbus North High School, Coca-Cola Bottling Company and Thrive Alliance.) along with the option to make monetary donations.
Darren chose the theme “Score for those in their Golden Years” and created a “menu” of food items to be donated, divided into four “quarters.” Individuals could donate any one or more item from each of the four quarters. His goal was to raise enough food to provide meals for 100 individuals.
The campaign ran for three weeks prior to thanksgiving. When completed, the campaign had raised food donations valued at $3,480. Monetary donations totaled $480, used to purchase additional food items. All told, 116 meals were made possible.
Thrive Alliance Receives Accreditation for Case Management for Long-Term Services and Supports from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
December 7, 2022
Thrive Alliance Receives Accreditation for Case Management for Long-Term Services and Supports from the
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Columbus, IN—Thrive Alliance has received three-year Long-Term Services and Supports Case Management accreditation from the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
“Achieving NCQA accreditation demonstrates that our Care Management Services meet the highest levels of quality,” said Mark Lindenlaub, Executive Director of Thrive Alliance. “Everyone involved in our Care Management area should be commended for their hard work and dedication in meeting the standards to attain this distinction.”
According to NCQA, earning the Accreditation of Case Management Long-Term Services and Supports demonstrates that an organization is dedicated to coordinating the delivery of care in a person-centered and integrated manner to help individuals function optimally in their preferred setting.
NCQA Accreditation standards are developed with input from researchers in the field and are purposely set high to encourage organizations to continuously enhance their quality. The standards are intended to help organizations achieve the highest level of performance possible.
NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations. It also recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of performance. NCQA’s Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care.
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Guided by the vision that everyone has the opportunity to live a secure, engaged and independent life, our mission at Thrive Alliance is to improve the quality of life and health for people at risk of losing their independence.
We help people get the right information, resources and support needed to live as independently as possible. Our network of programs focuses on issues related to affordable housing, caregiver support and services, nutrition and wellness programs, transportation and accessibility services, as well as fostering community-wide support for aging related issues. We serve as Indiana’s Agency on Aging for Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson and Jennings counties.