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What if the measures that feel like paperwork are really what keeps a patient out of the hospital?

Ericka Bauman, Director of Quality Assurance at Your Health, comes back to explain quality measures from the ground up. She covers the triple-weighted "heavy hitters" (A1C, blood pressure and medication adherence) and gives a 90-day plan for closing out the year. Her main point is that every gap stands for a real person, and the job isn't to check boxes but to see the whole patient and keep them healthy, safe and at home.

In this episode:

• What "triple-weighted" means, and why A1C, blood pressure and medication adherence matter most for star ratings and for patients
• A Q4 playbook, and why only the last A1C and blood pressure reading of the calendar year count
• Why missed medication-adherence days can't be made up, and how to set patients up for success starting in January
• Why providers should still code statin intolerance, and when advanced illness and frailty exclusions apply
• The biggest myth about quality work, and how mammogram buses and clinic health fairs help patients get screened

Quality isn't a report card. It's what lets someone get home to their family. Listen, then go look at your patients differently.

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