Comagine Health

Comagine Health is proud to announce that Brian Chin has been named chief product officer. Mr. Chin, who is the chief executive officer of UHIN, will spearhead the development and implementation of Comagine Health’s product and technology roadmap, ensuring the organization continues to deliver high-quality solutions that meet the evolving needs of its clients and the communities it serves. Comagine Health and UHIN announced their affiliation in April. To learn more, visit https://lnkd.in/gwNeKCg8.

As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ QIN-QIO 12th Scope of Work has ended, Comagine Health is celebrating by sharing some of the program’s impact over the past five years.?? From 2022 to 2024, Comagine Health expanded access to free naloxone in four rural, underserved communities across Washington, Nevada and Idaho. By building partnerships with local public health departments and developing patient-focused collateral for pharmacists to distribute, we helped connect patients with lifesaving medication.? Collateral for pharmacies included “naloxone saves lives” bag stickers; cards with information on how to access free naloxone; and tear-off pads that allowed patients to discreetly request a conversation with the pharmacist about naloxone.? Comagine Health distributed 4,800 bag stickers, 50 tear-off pads and 750 naloxone referral cards to partner pharmacies. Pharmacists placed at least 1,053 stickers on bags, were handed 68 naloxone discussion request sheets and shared 115 referral cards with patients at the pharmacy counter. Comagine Health staff also facilitated distribution of 239 nasal naloxone units to partner pharmacies through local public health departments.? For more about our response to the opioid epidemic, visit https://lnkd.in/gWnHxYut. #QIO #Opioids #Pharmacy #Naloxone?

NOW HIRING: Comagine Health has open positions available, and one may be just what you’re looking for! Most roles allow you to work remotely within the U.S. We offer competitive pay, a flexible work environment and benefits such as paid time off for holidays, vacation, illness and volunteering; comprehensive medical and dental coverage; FSA/HSA and a retirement savings plan. Plus, employment with Comagine Health qualifies you for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Accounting and Finance: ? Contracts Administrator: https://lnkd.in/gNnqJi8s Care Management: ? Behavioral Health Case Manager: https://lnkd.in/gTSSzZzg ? Intake Representative: https://lnkd.in/g6XV8hyJ ? Manager, Clinical Care Management: https://lnkd.in/ghXr_5wi ? Personal Care Attendant Service Coordinator: https://lnkd.in/geV_k_j9 Human Resources: ? HRIS (ADP) Professional: https://lnkd.in/gpap8e4x Physician: ? Assistant Medical Director, Psychiatrist: https://lnkd.in/grRNt-pA ? Assistant Medical Director, Psychiatrist: https://lnkd.in/gj4cgSXf ? Assistant Medical Director, Psychiatrist: https://lnkd.in/gx-uhbFn To see all our openings and read more about working at Comagine Health, visit https://lnkd.in/gUrX_cg3. #jobs

Comagine Health is proud to announce that it has earned?URAC?accreditations for?Health Utilization Management?and?Case Management. The accreditations will run through Oct. 1, 2027. URAC’s streamlined accreditation process requires applicants to submit comprehensive policies, procedures, workflows and other organizational information. URAC’s accreditation process validates compliance with nationally recognized health care standards and supports improvements and innovation in care management and service delivery for the long term. “The URAC accreditation seal shows an organization’s commitment to the high quality in health care in the areas of risk management, consumer protection and empowerment, operations and infrastructure, as well as performance management and improvement. We are proud to recognize Comagine Health for their achievement in these areas,” said URAC President and CEO, Shawn Griffin, MD. Visit?https://lnkd.in/gtGYRcyj?to learn more about our utilization management and case management services. #HealthUtilization #CaseManagement #Accreditation #URAC

Long-term and post-acute care organizations in New Mexico are encouraged to sign up for Comagine Health’s Advancing Infection Control Excellence (ACE): Beyond the Fundamentals Program. This free initiative provides participants with access to expert-led sessions that cater to the needs of staff working in infection prevention and control. To learn more about the program and to get started, visit https://lnkd.in/geUUQJ3T. #InfectionPrevention #LTPAC

As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ QIN-QIO 12th Scope of Work has ended, Comagine Health is celebrating by sharing some of the program’s impact over the past five years.? Health equity was a focus across all interventions during the 12th Scope of Work. Through hard work and collaboration across teams, we expanded provider and practitioner knowledge of health equity best practices. Health Equity Learning Events: Comagine Health offered learning opportunities for providers from various care settings. Sessions included topics such as health literacy, implicit bias, vaccine equity, social determinants of health, national culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) standards and more. Health care professionals attended these events more than 260 times. CLAS Standards Articles: We created a four-part newsletter series on national CLAS standards for providers across care settings. Newsletters reached health care professionals nearly 500 times. Articles covered CLAS fundamentals, providing CLAS to patients, creating a CLAS implementation action plan and resources to provide and implement CLAS. Accessible Collateral: Comagine Health ensured that patient-facing materials were offered in languages that met the individual needs of each community. Our partnership with a Nevada long-term care facility offered materials on preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). We developed materials in English, Swahili, Tagalog and Spanish, ensuring they could be read by all residents. No CAUTIs have been reported at the facility since these materials were distributed. Visit https://lnkd.in/gWCtiDK8 for resources to advance health equity in your work.?? #QIO #HealthEquity

What can community health data utilities do? By powering integration of data from medical providers, community organizations and public health agencies they can drive real change for individuals. In a new blog post, Comagine Health Clinical Director Richard Gibson considers the profound benefits a CHDU could have for one family. https://lnkd.in/gBb_C5ut #HDU #HealthDataUtility

November is National Native American Heritage Month and this year’s theme is “Weaving Together Our Past, Present and Future.” ? The US Indian Affairs Office will celebrate “Rock Your Mocs” day on Nov. 15. The office urges sharing photos of your moccasins on social media and tagging @USIndianAffairs on your posts and stories for a chance to be featured. Find out more at https://www.bia.gov/NNAHM. ? Various federal agencies pay tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans at https://lnkd.in/euUfZieR. At the site, find links to works by modern and contemporary Native American artists, a guide to the Library of Congress’ resources relating to Indigenous people of the Americas, stories of American Indian veterans and more. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NativeAmerican

As Comagine Health wraps up the final weeks of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ QIN-QIO 12th Scope of Work, we are celebrating by sharing some of the program’s impact over the past five years. When a long-term care facility in Utah was struggling to improve vaccination rates, Comagine Health’s long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) team worked with them to dig further and reveal the major barrier: the amount time staff members spent preparing and managing vaccine permission and declination forms from power of attorney representatives. The team collaborated with the facility to implement an e-signature program to replace the laborious and lengthy process of disseminating hardcopy mailers, which consumed valuable staff hours and kept them off the floor. After securing facility buy-in, the LTPAC team: * Created a policy and procedure for the e-signature program * Consulted on the design of an e-signature consent form * Created an application training for staff use * Co-designed the pilot and coached on sustainability This reduced the time spent on this task from three hours to just 30 minutes, giving staff members more time to focus on resident care. To learn more about this effort, visit https://lnkd.in/gwpmpP9T. #QIO #LongTermCare #Vaccines

Ready for the AMERSA Annual Conference on Nov. 14-16 in Chicago??We’re excited to be a part of two presentations you won’t want to miss. · At 3 p.m. Nov. 14, Hunter Spencer of Oregon Health & Science University will present “Harm Reduction in Peer-Assisted Telemedicine for Hepatitis C: Secondary Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial.” In addition to Spencer, authors include Devin Gregoire of Oregon Health & Science University, Comagine Health Senior Director of Research and Evaluation Gillian Leichtling, and Megan Herink, Ryan Cook, Andrew Seaman and Todd Korthuis, all of Oregon Health & Science University. · At 3:17 p.m. Nov. 14, Linda Peng of Oregon Health & Science University and Comagine Health Director of Research and Evaluation Erin Stack will present “Development and Training for a Peer-Delivered Contingency Management Program for Stimulant Use Harm Reduction.” They authored the presentation, along with Comagine Health Vice President of Research and Evaluation Christi Hildebran, Bryan Hartzler of the Northwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center, Comagine Health Senior Research Associate Alexis Cooke, Oregon Health & Science University’s Ryan Cook, Comagine Health Senior Director of Research and Evaluation Gillian Leichtling, Judith Leahy and Kelsey Payne, BA, CADC II, QMHA, of the Oregon Health Authority, and Lynn Kunkel, Kim Hoffman, PhD, and Todd Korthuis, all of Oregon Health & Science University. For more information on the conference, visit https://lnkd.in/evZqafBG. #amersa2024 #ContigencyManagement #HarmReduction