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The Universal Foundation: What therapy teams should know

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Examples of post-acute care-specific add-ons include a focus on behavioral health, person-centered care, safety and seamless care coordination. Specifically, rehab providers can focus on discharge planning procedures and coordination in care. For further inquiries, she can be contacted here.

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Finding your PAC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Post-acute care (PAC) represents an important component of the healthcare delivery system in the United States, with the Medicare fee-for-service program spending more than $57 billion on these services in 2019 (The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), 2021a). The care trajectory for an individual beneficiary can be complicated.

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April 2022: CMS updates National Quality Strategy

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Embrace the Digital Age : Ensure timely, secure, seamless communication and care coordination between providers, plans, payers, community organizations and patients through interoperable, shared and standardized digital data across the care continuum. She can be reached at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Elodia Mercier

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I started as a staff RN in 1984 in the Neurology unit of Montefiore and then moved to the Rehabilitation units for long-term care. I was then promoted to become a Patient Care Coordinator and then a Nurse Manager in the Department of Medicine. Tell us about your career path and how you ascended to that role.

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