Hospice News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This is increasingly important as payment shifts towards value-based payment models in which demonstrating cost savings is crucial to success. Patients are stratified into three different care levels, each of which is color-coded. But within this structure, Unity does not take a “cookie cutter” approach to care delivery.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

If enacted, the legislation would remove co-pays and patient fees for advance care planning (ACP) services, allow social workers to conduct these conversations, expand provider education about associated billing codes, and improve reporting on barriers to ACP utilization. Lindberg told Hospice News.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

Not only do they have a better life, maybe even live longer, but it saves the system money. What I worry about is that people will think we’re here to save the system money. We’re not here to save the system money. That means sometimes we make decisions for that patient and don’t save the system money.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

When it comes to palliative care, billing teams need to have a firm grasp on the different levels of codes to apply when submitting claims, she continued. There’s a lot of opportunities for financial partners to participate in shared savings.” Even though billing will not justify your existence, it’s still important to be good at it.”

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In addition to the fraud issue, they have spoken out individually and collectively on CMS’ methodologies for calculating reimbursement rates and claim coding for telehealth and chaplain services, as well as the design of the agency’s forthcoming Special Focus Program. Hospice care, all told, saves Medicare approximately $3.5

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2023

Last, CMS will also explore stronger protections against inappropriate coding and risk score growth.” These contracts can involve shared-savings arrangements in which providers can receive a portion of the dollar amount of any health care cost reductions. The program launched on Jan. 1, replacing the GPDC models.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Louise Aronson’s recent perspective about her mother in the NEJM, titled, “ Beyond Code Status ” suggests no, we still struggle with this issue. I think the theme is more saving someone’s life and the regret that follows. They saved her life. But that was 1973, you might say. We don’t have such issues today, do we?

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Hospice News

MAY 1, 2023

Recognition of palliative care’s value has been steadily gaining among stakeholders in the form of improved patient outcomes and cost savings through reduced hospitalizations. Partnering with palliative care providers offers ACOs advantages as well, including significant cost savings, according Schramm.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2023

He also discusses some of the ways agencies can implement no-code or low-code tech, and he shares a perspective on what practical innovation looks like in the hospice industry today. Not to mention save money and become less reliant on third-party technologies. Does your organization use multi-cloud services?

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

And I described a code that I led as a senior resident. And I led the code, and we could not save his life. James Tulsky did a study in the late 80s looking at how residents at UCSF talked about code status, where the paradigmatic way was, if your heart stops, do you want us to resuscitate it? This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Eric 01:27 Save me by J elly R oll. Why save me by J elly Roll? Of course, their focus is a lot on am I going to be able to do this potentially life saving intervention with this surgery and this transplant? Eric 26:42 How do you talk to people around code status if you talk to them about code stats? Is it Sarah?

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Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2024

. — Samantha Black, executive director of PACE services, TRU Community Care Individuals eligible for PACE services include seniors 55 and older who live in a service catchment area defined by zip codes. It’s a win for the payers and providers in cost savings.”

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Daily Nurse

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

USE CODE CM23 AT CHECKOUT AND SAVE 25% OFF The post 8 Books as Holiday Gift Ideas for Nurses and Nursing Students first appeared on Daily Nurse. Hale’s Medications & Mothers’ Milk 2023 : A Manual of Lactational Pharmacology This book is perfect for: Lactation support professionals.

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AlayaCare

MARCH 27, 2019

The challenges of home care billing Anything regarding the flow of money in or out of an agency is of vital concern — and efficiencies here can lead to major cost savings and improved operations. Innovation is also at the heart of one area of business that can quickly become a throbbing headache: home care billing.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Completion of advance directives and billing codes for advance care planning as quality metrics. So the first order on all POLST forms is around code status. But when you’re asking someone to make a decision about code status, you’re asking them to make a decision that is in effect right now in the present, right?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

First, in our editorial, we expressed concern about the length of stay metric not being patient centric, though important for health systems focused on cost savings. You coded deaths as the 99th percentile of longest length of stay, which is interesting because that’s something that hospitals don’t care about. Scott: Yep.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 27, 2024

A Splash of Color Navigating the color code of your hospital doesn’t have to dampen your style spirits. They’re the subtle hints of personality that say, “Yes, I’m here to save lives, but I’ve also got killer style.” They’re conversation starters, a way to show your individuality while adhering to the dress code.

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Diversity Nursing

MAY 5, 2022

To save Nurses some time, we compiled a list of companies who are participating in special offers. When you verify your healthcare worker status using SheerID, you will receive a one-time-use promo code. Ring is offering 20% savings on select Ring Doorbell products. ASICS is providing Nurses with 40% off ASICS products.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 17, 2024

I go home and think, ‘We brought a patient back after a code,’ and there’s nothing like that feeling – knowing you saved someone’s life. “Nursing school is so hard,” she says. Long hours, long nights of studying, but the career is rewarding. I’ll never regret my career path – it’s always been nursing.

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AlayaCare

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Solution AlayaCare does not let you send the claim unless the visit is approved which could save agencies from getting denied claim. This can save agencies thousands, and also eliminates inefficient workflows. Challenge #2 Other systems let you send claims that have unapproved visits resulting in rejections.

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AlayaCare

JULY 25, 2022

Relatively minor scheduling and travel adjustments can yield substantial time savings. Their schedules are now color-coded and easier to read, and tasks can be accomplished faster.

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AlayaCare

APRIL 19, 2021

Relatively minor scheduling and travel adjustments can yield substantial time savings. Their schedules are now color-coded and easier to read, and tasks can be accomplished faster.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2024

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Deanna Heath, SVP of Customer Experience at KanTime, Jennifer Hannum, Director of Learning Services at KanTime, and J’non Griffin, Principal/SVP Coding and Compliance Departments at SimiTree. This discussion took place on June 13th, 2024 during the Hospice ELEVATE Conference.

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NHPCO

JUNE 16, 2023

Reimbursement was a focus of both the comments on the FY 2024 Hospice Wage Index proposed rule and Hospice Action Week.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

After your complete the training, you’ll receive an email with a coupon code to receive 20% off these training programs : Certified Caregiving Facilitator , which trains you to lead effective caregiving support groups. Certified Caregiving Specialist , which trains you to become a virtual assistant for family caregivers.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

We were shocked to find that if we wanted to change a patient’s code status to DNR, we had to call a hospital administrator to get approval to do so. It’s just for a sadder, to me, when they say those doctors didn’t care or they didn’t save my mom.” Eric: I trained in New York and that didn’t happen.

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AlayaCare

MARCH 11, 2020

Set up a special pay code for any quarantined staff members. Their platform enables home care agencies to centralize their hiring processes to save time, streamline operations, and build their best team. Vous pouvez aussi configurer un code de paye spécial pour tout personnel mis en quarantaine.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Medicare has released the calendar year 2023 final rule related to Medicare Part B, which is impacted by the physician fee schedule and determines rates and coding updates for your rehab providers. In the proposed rule, CMS presented two new G-codes for RTM services for use under the MPFS. Ready to learn more?

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Nurse.com

JANUARY 23, 2023

Then I think about being able to save lives and all the people whom I have cared for while they fought through the darkest times in their lives. The latest results are based on a Gallup poll , conducted from November 9, 2022, to December 2, 2022. Ethical practice isn’t just lip service.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

JUNE 11, 2023

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

MAY 23, 2023

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Minority Nurse

JULY 9, 2024

Such is the case with Austin Simon, son of Tiffany Simon, MSN, RN, CCRN, whose passing away at the age of 15 months old sparked a program that promises to help save the lives of children across the country who suffer from medically complex conditions. Out of great tragedy, sometimes great good can come.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Save that one for a future podcast. The only thing they have in common is that involves is the outcome, which is incontinence, and the billing code, but as a term implies, psychiatric syndromes. And we can talk about that later in terms of potential clinical implications that may have code. I suggested even flow.

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

MARCH 31, 2024

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

Eric 21:58 I think for the coding, your encounter with a diagnosis. So if I’m experiencing something up here that warrants attention, and we have a way to attend to that, getting people connected to clinic, to therapy, to treatment, that can be really helpful and in many cases, life saving. I wonder why? Alex Smith 22:01 Right.

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Community Home Health Care

MAY 24, 2022

Invest in color-coded bins to keep things neat, categorized, and within reach, so you can maintain order with less effort and save time spent on putting things away. Consider stocking the freezer every two weeks to offer your loved one healthy choices that can be easily reheated. Want to make housekeeping more efficient?

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Home Care Pulse

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It’s just all these codes that help describe where that patient is at in their current health status. You code it all, put it down on paper, and that’s your oasis. Um, and it’s color coded. Wendie Colvin ( 16:57 ): How to score it, how to code, why it’s important, why you’re bringing it up.

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