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Do You Need to Learn Hospice GIP Documentation? [Expert Tips]

Hospice Nurse Hero

As a hospice nurse, there are many skills that you must master. One of these skills is understanding and completing hospice GIP documentation. Plus, I’ll explain when GIP care is appropriate and when it’s not. First, if you are a hospice nurse, you probably already know about the four levels of hospice care.

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Adult, PACE, Palliative Centers Unveiled Amid Hospice Closures

Hospice News

The LIFE program is a member of Florida-based nonprofit post-acute care provider Empath Health. Services at the program’s new facility include adult day services, primary and skilled care, therapies and social and emotional support.

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When the goal is to maintain

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Based on this, the Medicare program covers such services, and coverage cannot be denied based on the absence of potential for improvement or restoration. Question: Are professional therapy services available under Medicare only for patients who are improving or who are expected to improve? Answer: No. Answer: No. Answer: Yes.

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4 Things Killing Your OASIS Assessment and How to Fix Them

The Productive Home Health Nurse

Or if you’re finding it crazy difficult to write your OASIS nursing narrative notes …. that helps more than 1k home health nurses shrink their documentation time and resubmissions while advancing their careers and protecting themselves. Join The Productive Home Health Nurse. The PLURSING Method for OASIS + Home Health Nurses.

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Important Predictions for Home Care in 2019

AlayaCare

home care industry alone grew from 39.4% last year according to Home Care Pulse. Our clients are telling us that a newfound focus on caregivers’ quality of life has been the key to unlocking great care. In Australia and other markets that have moved towards client-directed care, clients are already making this choice.

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Therapists, take note! Proposed changes to ICD-10 mapping

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing several changes to the PDPM ICD-10 code mappings and lists. These are some positive steps to ensuring care and reimbursement align with patient needs, evidence-based practice and the unique level of skilled care you provide daily.

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Palliative Researcher Oliver: Family Caregivers Are Also Patients

Hospice News

That assumes that you have somebody at home who’s willing and able to take care of you. And if we don’t make that happen, those patients end up in the hospital or they end up in nursing homes. It is skilled care even when you have no skills, and you have no license, but you’re doing this 24 hours.

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