Dialysis Facilities Helping Each Other – Preparing for EQRS Health Equity Attestations

Recorded On: 11/07/2024

Health equity is all the buzz, and for good reason – it is the new foundation for CMS and a priority to strengthen its infrastructure for assessment and remove barriers to CMS-supported programs. Beginning in 2025, dialysis facilities will need to attest to compliance with 5 key domains, showing a commitment to health equity practice and implementation. Join the conversation and share best practices, tools, tips, and tricks surrounding compliance with this new framework.

Presented November 2024

Bridget Pfaff, MS

Clinical Operations Director

Gundersen Health

Bridget has a bachelor's degree in Microbiology and her Master's in Biology combined with 30 years of healthcare experience. She has been a pharmacy tech, pathology assistant and infection preventionist before transitioning to the director role. She has been in her current role as Clinical Operations Director at Gundersen Health for 12 years. Bridget currently supports Acute and Outpatient dialysis facilities, including a home program, Nephrology and other clinic departments for Bellin - Gundersen supporting patients in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and Michigan. She has been a volunteer for numerous RHA committees, but education and program planning are her favorite!

Becky Berg, MBA, BSN, RN, CDN

Dialysis Director

Sanford Health

Becky Berg is a native of North Dakota and is currently living in Thief River Falls MN. She has 3 very active kids who keep her busy year round. She has worked as a dialysis floor nurse, charge nurse, unit manager and now regional Dialysis Director for Sanford Health. She is currently co-chair of both the Education and Quality Committees. She created the 2018 version of the RHA QAPI tool and is currently working with a Task Force to create an updated tool. She joined the RHA Board of Directors last fall.

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Dialysis Facilities Helping Each Other – Preparing for EQRS Health Equity Attestations
Recorded 11/07/2024  |  60 minutes
Recorded 11/07/2024  |  60 minutes Health equity is all the buzz, and for good reason – it is the new foundation for CMS and a priority to strengthen its infrastructure for assessment and remove barriers to CMS-supported programs. Beginning in 2025, dialysis facilities will need to attest to compliance with 5 key domains, showing a commitment to health equity practice and implementation. Join the conversation and share best practices, tools, tips, and tricks surrounding compliance with this new framework.