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April 2022: CMS updates National Quality Strategy

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

April 2022, however, also brings us a renewed approach and initiatives from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding its National Quality Strategy. April 2022 – Updates posted to the CMS website for the National Quality Strategy. What is the CMS National Quality Strategy?

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Rippl to Offer Home-Based Mental Health Care for Seniors After $32 Million Seed Round

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Among the company’s goals is to reduce both the burden on patients and caregivers as well as the financial strain on the health care system. . The Alzheimer’s Association projects the total cost of care for dementia patients to reach $321 billion in 2022, including $206 billion in Medicare and Medicaid.

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3 Palliative Care Providers to Watch

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Smith said Prospero’s global measure of success is providing more days for patients at home, rather than keeping them in hospitals, nursing homes or rehab facilities. The key secondary goal is to make the support and care we provide easier for caregivers of patients with serious illnesses,” Smith added. “We

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How Hospice, Behavioral Health May Cross Paths

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billion in 2022, a report from ResearchandMarkets estimated. Also last year, Elara Caring and Oak Street Health (NYSE: OSH) formed an integrated care model designed at better addressing behavioral health needs among seniors.Texas-based Elara Caring offers hospice, palliative and personal care in addition to behavioral and home health.

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2022: What will the technical experts say?

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

What new areas of regulatory change will your teams monitor in 2022? An excerpt from that blog here: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has consulted with Acumen in an effort to establish a comprehensive approach to Medicare Part A PPS SNF payment reform. Renee Kinder. The new year is upon us. . Survey trends?

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

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Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Malaz: I love it.

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4 For-Profit Hospice Providers to Watch in 2023

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Among the considerations behind that choice was his experience in working with payers outside of traditional Medicare. Historically, home-based care and hospice providers have operated primarily within Medicare fee-for-service models. of the total dollars deployed by venture capital firms in 2022, according to Pitchbook.

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