Population Health Focused Pilot QIA Series: QIA B LAN Call

Addressing Depression in Dialysis Patients | View Recording

Presenter: Celeste Bostic, MIM, RN, BSN, Delia Houseal, PhD, MPH, Bridget Carson, and Audrey Broaddus, BA, CCHT

Biography: Ms. Bostic is a nurse consultant for the Division of Value, Incentives, and Quality Reporting at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Houseal is the ESRD Quality Incentive Program policy lead at the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services in Baltimore, Maryland.

Ms. Carson is the executive director at ESRD Network 10, servicing Illinois.

Ms. Broaddus is the quality improvement director at ESRD Network 10.

Presentation Objectives:

• Demonstrate the importance of screening and treatment for clinical depression in beneficiaries with end stage renal disease (ESRD).
• Explain the ESRD Quality Incentive Program’s Clinical Depression Screening and Follow-Up reporting measure.
• Provide an overview of ESRD Network 10's Initiation Phase of Quality Improvement Activity (QIA) B: Positively Impact the Quality of Life of the ESRD Patient with a Focus on Mental Health.
• Describe ESRD Network 10's patient subject matter expert involvement with QIA B.