ESRD Network 8

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.

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

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, ESRD – Mary Albin, BS, CPHQ | Email: mary.albin@allianthealth.org

• Deputy Director, ESRD – Sheila McMaster, MSN, RN, CNN, CPHQ | Email: sheila.mcmaster@allianthealth.org

• Quality Improvement Specialist – Kristi Durham, RHIA | Email: kristi.durham@allianthealth.org

• Senior Patient Services Manager – Ericka Webb, LAPSW | Email: ericka.webb@AlliantHealth.org

• ESRD 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

• Quality Improvement RN – Mandy Lubbeck, RN, BBA | Email: mandy.lubbeck@allianthealth.org 

• Quality Improvement Advisor – Katie Buntin, BSN, RN | Email: katherine.buntin@allianthealth.org

• Quality Improvement Coordinator – Arlandra Taylor, BS | Email: arlandra.taylor@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.

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