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Lessons from nurses, reflections from the past

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

2005 — day one, a small skilled nursing facility in Nicholasville, KY, a floor nurse taught me how to read and navigate the medical record. And to this day I owe my ability to quote Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Chapter 15 Sections 220 and 230 to Liz. dysphagia) resulting in recurrent aspiration pneumonia.

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Save Our Rural Hospitals Act Eliminates CRNA Supervision and Supports Rural Healthcare

Daily Nurse

” According to the National Rural Health Association, more than 170 rural hospitals across the country have closed their doors since 2005, and 453 rural hospitals are currently operating at levels similar to those that have shut down during the last decade, meaning they are vulnerable to closure.

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Why Do Most People Receive Less Time in Hospice than Recommended?

1-800-HOSPICE

Medicare Policies. Medicare and most other insurances require that people not receive cure-oriented care while in hospice. 2005; 30: 400-407. Doctors and Facilities. Patterns in hospice referrals vary between doctors and facilities. Some doctors or hospitals are more likely to recommend hospice than others. 2007; 34: 120-125.

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Top Home Health Nurse Documentation Updates for 2022 That Actually Affect Your Paycheck

The Productive Home Health Nurse

To place quantities to all of this text, the number of agencies providing home health care in the United States grew from 8,314 in 2005 to 12,613 in 2013 with Medicare expenditures for home health care services alone nearly doubling from 9.7 WHY ARE THESE DOCUMENTATION UPDATES HAPPENING + WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? billion in 2012.

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Ep.4: The Top 5 Challenges the Care Industry is Facing—And How Agencies Can Respond

Home Care Pulse

And my husband and I moved to Key West in 2005, and he went to work for a certified home health agency and hospice organization down there. There’s a huge jump in the number of Medicare Advantage plans coming onto the market in 2023. So I was, I worked way back when, when I got into health in the healthcare industry itself.

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Ep.4: The Top 5 Challenges the Care Industry is Facing—And How Agencies Can Respond

Home Care Pulse

And my husband and I moved to Key West in 2005, and he went to work for a certified home health agency and hospice organization down there. There’s a huge jump in the number of Medicare Advantage plans coming onto the market in 2023. So I was, I worked way back when, when I got into health in the healthcare industry itself.