ESRD Network 14

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 – 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 Coordinator – Arlandra Taylor, BS | Email: arlandra.taylor@allianthealth.org

• Patient Services Specialist – Debbie O’Daniel | Email: debbie.o’daniel@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 – Grace Robbins, BSN, RN | Email: grace.robbins@allianthealth.org

• Quality Improvement Advisor – Koby Guthrie, LMSW | Email: koby.guthrie@allianthealth.org

• ESRD Social Worker – Cassandra Hanna, LMSW | Email: cassandra.hanna@allianthealth.org

DUE TO HIPAA EMAIL ENCRYPTION AND AUTHENTICATION STANDARDS, NETWORK 14 IS NOT PERMITTED TO SEND OR RECEIVE PATIENT-SPECIFIC DATA VIA EMAIL. PLEASE DO NOT SEND PATIENT-SPECIFIC DATA TO NETWORK 14 VIA EMAIL. AS ALWAYS, USE PHONE, FAX OR REGULAR MAIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION.

Email:
nw14info@allianthealth.org

Address:
4099 McEwen Rd, Ste. 820

Dallas, TX 75244

Phone:
Office: 972-503-3215

Patient-Only Toll Free: 1-877-886-4435

Fax:
Fax: 972-503-3219