Hospice News
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
As the study explains, nursing homes are incentivized to hospitalize residents eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid because those patients can later return to the nursing home with a higher-paying Medicare benefit before transitioning back to long-term care with lower Medicaid day rates.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
In the last few years since I’ve graduated we’ve definitely seen more new programs popping up across the Northeast and in Massachusetts. Providers across all specialties are realizing the importance of learning how to appropriately discuss goals of care. What are the main considerations for sustainability and growth for fellowships?
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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
APRIL 25, 2024
Let’s begin with some definitions. The “Universal Foundation” further aligns quality measures and will focus on provider attention, reduce burden, identify disparities in care, prioritize the development of interoperable, digital quality measures, allow for cross-comparisons across programs, and help identify measurement gaps.
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
JUNE 23, 2022
Let’s begin with definitions. Now that we understand the definitions let’s look at what recent publications from our therapy organizations have to say about SDOH. At the root of all of this guidance, we see a consistent theme with the WHO definition of a person-centered approach. .
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Research shows] that operationalizing person-centered care in a long-term care facility resulted in less staff burnout, lower turnover, and a greater job satisfaction,” she says. Your software can definitely help with that.” Have you built your assessment in ways that they can help guide the discussion?
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
JANUARY 4, 2024
I would like to take the opportunity with this year’s first Rehab Realities to break down this guidance into three key areas: Regulatory oversight, definitions and use. Can you direct me to some definitions? Let’s begin, as we often do, with the rules. What are the rules? Who creates the rules? How and what is AI? Have a column idea?
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
JULY 21, 2022
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). UPAC is associated with aims from IMPACT. These include: Figure ES-1.
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