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Canada’s New Long-Term Care Standards- Accountability & Risk Management on a Mission

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

This was in the 80s, before Long-Term Care (LTC) Standards were anywhere near what they are now. This call from leaders includes Ontario’s scathing Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission Interim report.[1] I was a post-RN student in the BScN program at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario.

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OIG Launches Audit of Inappropriate General Inpatient Hospice Billing

Hospice News

The audit is among a host of others in the health care space that the agency rolled out this month in its Work Plan initiatives. OIG anticipates the audit’s results to roll out in the fiscal year 2025. This level of care is intended to be short-term, but can be costly due to high acuity patient needs.

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

GeriPal

The good news is that the financial case for comprehensive dementia care is changing thanks to a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) alternative payment model (APM) called Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model. And we’re seeing some hope the first time in a long time. Diane: And the caregiver.

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