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Alliant delivers value and is having an impact in the communities served across the southeast. See one of the following Stories of Impact to learn more.

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Alliant Health Solutions’ Beneficiary & Family Advisory Council Empowers People with Medicare and Their Caregivers Through Informed Healthcare Decision-Making

Alliant Health Solutions’ (Alliant) Beneficiary & Family Advisory Council (BFAC) has played a significant role in the organization’s mission to make health care better. The council consists of 11 volunteers over the age of 55 from across the Southeast.

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Alliant Health Solutions Helps Georgia Hospital Improve Its CLABSI Rate and Achieve a Cost Savings of More Than $165,000

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program is dedicated to improving the quality of health care at the community level. Hospital Quality Improvement Contractors (HQICs) are strategic partners of the QIO Program that support this mission within hospitals by helping clinical teams increase patient safety, particularly preventing hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).

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Alliant HQIC Helps Hospitals Decrease Sepsis Mortality Rates and Save Lives

At least 1.7 million adults in America develop sepsis. Anyone can develop sepsis; however, adults 65 or older are considered high risk. Alliant Health Solutions (Alliant), a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC), provides technical assistance and education to hospitals to improve patient safety and recently worked with two hospitals to reduce sepsis mortality rates.

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Alliant Health Solutions Helps Skilled Nursing Facility with High Turnover Population Achieve a 100 Percent COVID-19 Booster Rate

A small, hospital-based skilled nursing facility (SNF) was referred by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to Alliant Health Solutions (Alliant), a CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), for assistance with increasing its resident COVID-19 booster rate. The QIN-QIO conducted a root-cause analysis (RCA) and helped the SNF use the PDSA method.

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Alliant Health Solution’s One-on-One Support with Nursing Homes Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Rates for Residents and Staff

In the summer of 2021, nearly 200 nursing homes in the seven-state region served by Alliant Health Solutions (Alliant), a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO), vaccinated their residents and staff against COVID-19 at rates well below their state averages.

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Alliant Health Solution Uses Data Technology to Help Communities in Crisis

In August 2021, Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana and destroyed buildings while leaving thousands of people without electricity. The staff at Alliant Health Solutions (AHS), the QIN-QIO for Louisiana, contacted health care facilities to provide assistance while providing daily updates to CMS about the situation on the ground.

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Alliant's “Give the BOOST a Shot” Campaign Helps Nursing Homes Improve Booster Vaccination Rates

The campaign called, “Give the BOOST a Shot” engaged nearly 1,000 nursing homes in Alliant’s seven-state region. Facilities received invitations to weekly targeted educational events and office hour sessions and a weekly newsletter.