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Jennifer Giusti, MPA BSN, RN, FACHE

I'm a healthcare quality executive with over 30 years of clinical and administrative experience driving organizational transformation. As founder of Just Performance, I help organizations achieve sustainable performance improvement through strategy deployment and best practices in quality, patient safety, value-based care, and integration of technology. Through my newsletter, I share practical insights on healthcare quality leadership, performance excellence, and strategic transformation—bridging executive strategy with operational reality for healthcare leaders navigating complex challenges.

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The sepsis readmission penalty is coming — and most hospitals aren’t ready

Issue #2 July 2026 Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety Intelligence A monthly letter from Jennifer Giusti at Just Performance, LLC The Pulse Most hospitals track sepsis, readmissions, bundled payments, and eCQMs as separate problems owned by separate teams. CMS just made them one problem. The FY 2027 IPPS proposed rule doesn’t raise the bar — it raises the floor and then connects all the bars. If your organization hasn’t yet mapped this exposure end to end, this newsletter is a good place to...

Issue #1 May 2026 Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety Intelligence A monthly letter from Jennifer Giusti at Just Performance, LLC 💭 Thinking Out Loud The tools your quality and safety teams use every day — the surveys, the training programs, the implementation frameworks — were built on decades of federal investment. Most leaders know the names: CAHPS, TeamSTEPPS, CUSP, SOPS. Fewer realize they all trace back to the same agency, and that agency is under sustained pressure. AHRQ survived this...