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Nursing Homes Serving Black Residents Have Greater Hospitalizations, ED Visits

Minority Nurse

Nursing homes with the highest proportion of Black residents have the greatest number of hospitalizations and emergency department visits, according to a new study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. nursing homes using national datasets from 2019.

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Hospice Length of Stay: Balancing Patient Needs Against Regulatory Compliance

Hospice News

days the prior year in 2019, representing the “largest increase” during the previous five years of incremental growth, NHPCO reported. One area with room for improvement involves patients who are referred to hospice from nursing home settings where median lengths of stay have yet to recover from pre-pandemic levels, according to Allison.

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Impact of Section GG, ANAs and Social Risk Factors (SRFs) on PAC outcomes

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has contracted with Acumen LLC and Abt Associates to develop quality and cost measures for use in the IRF, LTCH, SNF, and HH QRPs and the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI). Activities Not Assessed (ANA).

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Regulators Taking Aim at Hospice PE Backers

Hospice News

“As Wall Street firms take over more nursing homes, quality in those homes has gone down and costs have gone up. Medicare is going to set higher standards for nursing homes and make sure your loved ones get the care they deserve and expect.”. That ends on my watch,” Biden said. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.),

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Two CEOs Retire, Three Hospice Leadership Teams Grow

Hospice News

By the Bay Health now serves eight counties statewide and provides hospice, palliative and pediatric care, along with skilled nursing home health and grief support. Comfort has been Calvary Hospital’s COO since 2019. The organization affiliated with the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) health system in 2015.

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Enhabit Appoints General Counsel; The Denver Hospice Gets New Medical Director

Hospice News

Board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine, Howe has more than 20 years of experience as a physician and medical director for various health care organizations in the Denver area, including a number of rehabilitation, assisted living and skilled nursing home facilities. ALC is a subsidiary of Assistenza Healthcare Management.

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April 2022: CMS updates National Quality Strategy

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Specifically stated, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will set and raise the bar for a resilient, high-value healthcare system that promotes quality outcomes, safety, equity and accessibility for all individuals, especially for people in historically underserved and under-resourced communities. .

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