Hospice News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Even when a caregiver is present, that person may be elderly or ill themselves, or unable to be in the home around the clock due to work or other obligations. ACL has spearheaded early steps to ramp up federal and state assistance for family caregivers.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2022

.'” Fragmentation and variation in advance care planning processes are undermining the effectiveness of those services, according to recent research. While serving in the Maryland state legislature, Morhaim championed legislation that required advance care plans to be incorporated into patients’ electronic medical records.

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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

JULY 21, 2022

Last week we as an industry saw RTI International release a report titled: CMS Report to Congress: Unified Payment for Medicare-Covered Post-Acute Care Analysis and Development of the Prototype Unified PAC Prospective Payment System Called for in the IMPACT Act. The care trajectory for an individual beneficiary can be complicated.

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AlayaCare

MAY 30, 2023

There are many reasons why it is important for home care agencies to have proper training and onboarding on home care software platforms for it can ensure efficient operations, care coordination, regulatory compliance, streamlined administrative processes, and informed decision-making.

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Hospice News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Hospice providers can also anticipate movement towards health care system integration and care coordination. Recognition is growing among health care providers, payers and policymakers that the system’s history of building silos around individual care settings can drive up costs and adversely affect patient outcomes.

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Hospice News

MARCH 10, 2023

Clark, our new board chair, and the other board trustees to carry out the mission of Goodwin Living by planning for the future and meeting the needs of the present through the Goodwin Living retirement communities, programs and services.” The nonprofit offers home- and facility-based hospice, skilled nursing and home health care.

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Diversity Nursing

JULY 19, 2023

Telehealth services enable Nurses to interact with patients, assess their symptoms and conditions, provide instructions for care, and offer support, all without being physically present with their patients.

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AlayaCare

MARCH 27, 2023

To combat these challenges and stay afloat in this changing industry, home care agencies have begun to embrace digital transformation as more technology and innovation have presented solutions to these challenges. Want to explore more about scheduling optimization to eliminate inconsistent scheduling hours?

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Comfort Home Care

JANUARY 5, 2024

For some, Medicare Advantage (MA) may be preferable to traditional Medicare (Parts A and B) due to lower premiums, comprehensive coverage including prescription drugs, predictable costs, care coordination, and in-network provider advantages. In 2024, the home healthcare landscape presents both challenges and opportunities.

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Hospice News

MAY 25, 2023

We also have some workforce management tools and in particular, an ONC-certified EHR that’s designed to provide value-based care that has components for comprehensive care coordination and care navigation components in it.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

MAY 8, 2023

The ubiquitous nurse is present in the care of children, the elderly, the disabled, and the dying. Nurses case manage patients with tuberculosis, fulfill critical roles in patient transportation and life flight, and they provide cancer navigation and care coordination. Nurses are everywhere. They are legion.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

July 23, 1984, to present. 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. How long have you worked in nursing?

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Hospice News

JUNE 1, 2022

“The single best catalyst to generate support for the bill is the market success of these partnerships, which provide Medicare beneficiaries the pain and symptom management and intensive communication and care coordination required to manage serious and chronic complex illness,” he said. Staffing Constraints Limit Growth.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

I was working in home Health back when it was first introduced back in 2010, as a way for c m s to not only create structured penalties for hospitals with excessive readmissions, but also to reward and incentivize those providers for effective care coordination and collaboration with post-acute providers across the care continuum.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

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. We did a report on scaling comprehensive dementia care. Why do we need a story?”

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