Hospice News
AUGUST 17, 2022
Medicare claims for unrelated services creates serious financial and legal risks for hospice providers — even if they are not the ones who sent the bill. During recent years, payouts for non-hospice services provided to Medicare beneficiaries have tipped into the billions. Investigators have urged regulators to ramp up oversight of potentially inappropriate billing practices.
HopeHealth
AUGUST 17, 2022
If your loved one is living with dementia, meaningful activities can help them feel connected, engaged and valued. Here are tips and ideas to get you started. The post How to plan meaningful activities for someone living with dementia appeared first on HopeHealth.
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AlayaCare
AUGUST 17, 2022
On July 21 st , 2022, Home Health Care News, in partnership with AlayaCare, hosted a webinar: “Improving Caregiver Recruitment and Retention for your Home Care Agency”. This webinar was focused on the subject surrounding the caregiver recruitment and retention crisis and how home care organizations could overcome these challenges to continue to grow and be successful in the industry.
Daily Nurse
AUGUST 17, 2022
Serenity Lane battled leukemia as a child, and the dedication of her medical team and nurses inspired her to pursue a career in nursing. This week she’s our Nurse of the Week. Almost 15 years after beating leukemia and graduating from one children’s hospital, Lane returns to another as an emergency medicine nurse. Last week, Lane […].
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Happy Healthy Caregiver
AUGUST 17, 2022
Believe it or not, TV time is a form of self-care. As caregivers, we sometimes feel guilty for spending time binging a new Netflix show rather than checking things off our to-do list, but there are days when a Netflix escape is just what you may need. Caregiving is difficult and it’s easy to run […]. The post Sometimes Self-Care is Netflix appeared first on Happy Healthy Caregiver.
Living Assistance Services
AUGUST 17, 2022
Vision is a gift we often take for granted until it’s threatened or gone, but our eyes have always been a critical part of our overall.
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Nurse Nacole
AUGUST 17, 2022
Category: Fundamentals ?-Blockers are helpful in suppressing ventricular arrhythmias. They also are used for treating many supraventricular arrhythmias because of their ability to block receptor sites in the conduction system.
Minority Nurse
AUGUST 17, 2022
Eye health is essential for your overall health and is especially important for nurses. For nurses who wear contact lenses, keeping your eyes in top shape takes some dedicated effort. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has elevated the importance of contact lens care to create a Contact Lens Health Week which begins this year on August 22.
Healthcare Law Insights podcast
AUGUST 17, 2022
In this episode, we continue our discussion of home health enforcement trends, focusing on other audits currently troubling agencies. These include audits from Unified Program Integrity Contractors (UPIC), Supplemental Medical Review Contractors (SMRC) and the Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) program by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Hospice News
AUGUST 17, 2022
Stretching back more than a decade, a rising number of states have passed laws designed to raise awareness of hospice and palliative care, but to date, few if any have achieved measurable results. The reasons for this run the gamut. During the past two years, for instance, state governments and health care organizations have been almost unavoidably focused on the COVID-pandemic.
AJN Off the Charts
AUGUST 17, 2022
Colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (red) found within an infected cell, cultured in the laboratory. Credit: NIAID. (Wikimedia Commons). In the current monkeypox outbreak, the pandemic-strained U.S. public health system is once again faced with a major threat. This time, a vaccine is already available, but only in limited quantities.
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