ESRD Network 8

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Alliant ESRD Network 8 is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, serving Jackson, Mississippi, and providing services on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to kidney patients and their providers since 1988. The Network merged with the Alliant Health Group family of companies in 2012, and Alliant ESRD Network 14 joined Alliant in 2015. The two Networks comprise a partnership to pursue operational efficiencies and identify and deploy best practices.
About ESRD Network 8
Vision
To lead in supporting optimal health outcomes and positive experiences of care for all ESRD patients in this region.
Mission
To promote safe, equitable, and effective health care and to engage patients and their families as full and active members of the ESRD health care team.
Goal and Objectives
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded two new five-year task orders to Alliant Health Solutions to serve as a Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractor (NQIIC) for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Networks 8 and 14.
In these ESRD Networks, Alliant will work on national priorities and goals, collaborating with stakeholders on interventions that target patients, dialysis/transplant providers, and other providers. CMS has directed Networks to incorporate a focus on rural health and vulnerable populations in the task order activities.
Alliant will focus on the CMS priorities of improving the healthcare quality of ESRD providers and other providers; improvement of ESRD population health and outcomes; and building advisory committees and community coalitions in support of better care, smarter spending, and healthier people. The five program goals include:
- Improving behavioral health outcomes;
- Improving patient safety and reduce harm;
- Improving care in high cost/complex chronic conditions;
- Reducing hospital admissions, readmissions, and outpatient emergency visits; and
- Improving nursing home care in low-performing providers
Network 8 Staff
Do NOT email any patient-specific information (Name, Date of Birth, Social Security Number, etc.) to the ESRD Network 14 office. Please do not ever email any patient specific information to the Network’s office as this will result in a HIPAA security violation.
STAFFING
- Executive Director – Mary Albin, BS, CPHQ
Email: mary.albin@allianthealth.org
- Deputy Director – Sheila McMaster, MSN, RN, CNN, CPHQ
Email: sheila.mcmaster@allianthealth.org
- Quality Improvement Nurse – Nakisha Stewart, MSN, RN, CDN
Email: nakisha.stewart@allianthealth.org
- Quality Improvement Specialist – Kristi Durham, RHIA
Email: kristi.durham@allianthealth.org
- Quality Improvement Specialist – Maryam Alabood, BS
Email: maryam.alabood@allianthealth.org
- Quality Improvement Coordinator – Arlandra Taylor, BS
Email: arlandra.taylor@allianthealth.org
- Patient Services Manager – Ericka Webb, LAPSW
Email: ericka.webb@AlliantHealth.org
- Patient Services Specialist – Debbie O’Daniel
Email: debbie.o’daniel@allianthealth.org
- Social Worker – Casey Rich, LMSW
Email: casey.rich@allianthealth.org
- ESRD Health Information Manager – Robert Bain, MM, MCM
Email: robert.bain@allianthealth.org
- ESRD Health Information Coordinator – Sade Castro
Email: sade.castro@allianthealth.org
DUE TO HIPAA EMAIL ENCRYPTION AND AUTHENTICATION STANDARDS, NETWORK 8 IS NOT PERMITTED TO SEND OR RECEIVE PATIENT-SPECIFIC DATA VIA EMAIL. PLEASE DO NOT SEND PATIENT-SPECIFIC DATA TO NETWORK 8 VIA EMAIL. AS ALWAYS, USE PHONE, FAX OR REGULAR MAIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION.
Contact Us
Email:
nw8info@allianthealth.org
Address:
Alliant ESRD Network 8
775 Woodlands Parkway
Suite 310
Ridgeland, MS 39157
Phone:
Office: (601) 936-9260
Patient-Only Toll-Free
Toll Free: (877) 936-9260
Fax:
Fax: (601) 932-4446
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