Definition Medicare Nursing home Social worker 
GeriPal
JUNE 22, 2023
Alex: … in other words, than you might be in a Medicare-regulated hospice facility? But if somebody wants to continue a medication, and that’s sort of the deciding factor for them, with the Medi-Cal, Medicare, there’s restrictions that don’t allow me that flexibility. Michele: Yeah, absolutely. Michele: Yeah.
Hospice Nurse Hero
MARCH 2, 2022
Secondly, the scores from this survey are followed and recorded by Medicare. As a hospice nurse, you might not always understand how this relates to your work. Table based on data measures from the Medicare Compare website. WHAT DOES MEDICARE CAHPS REPORT? Of course, they’d pick the higher-rated agency.
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GeriPal
AUGUST 25, 2022
By setting, so patients who are living in places like nursing homes and assisted living facilities, where it’s easier to visit very quickly patient to patient, as opposed to home-based care for people say in rural areas. Melissa: It’s definitely true that that’s the incentive under nonprofit and for-profit.
GeriPal
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.”
GeriPal
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Ann: I definitely do. Sarguni: Yeah, definitely. And so I became more interested in what are the outcomes of patients with cancer when they do go to a nursing facility? Why do we not have more palliative care access in nursing homes? Home with a 75 year old mom who can’t really move them?
GeriPal
APRIL 27, 2023
Eric: Martha – breaking the definition for palliative care, no longer an extra layer of support. Attendee 14: I am most hopeful that as palliative caregivers, we will continue to authentically welcome the voices of our interprofessional team members, chaplains, social workers, and so we have true interprofessional collaboration.
GeriPal
MARCH 24, 2023
Lauren: Yeah, I think I can definitely see Joe’s point of view. Lauren: And looking in the Medicare data, you cannot figure out when a hospice changed ownership. Yes, my hair is definitely on fire. billion in one year hospice saved Medicare, and that was by focusing on what matters to people, to patients and families.
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