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Navigating Medicare Advantage: Strategies for Hospitals to Tackle Growing Challenges

EvidenceCare

billion on bonus payments in 2023 for four- or five-star health plans – a 30% increase from the prior year. Documentation Challenges and Payer Friction As MA plans focus on profit margins, hospitals are encountering increased payer friction, denials, and administrative burdens, particularly around the CMS Two-Midnight Rule.

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Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

Relias

Under the first performance year of VBP in 2023, home health agencies will be scored in part on the patient’s perception of their communication and team discussion.” Documentation in the medical record. As part of discharge planning. Document all coordination. If it didn’t get documented, it didn’t get done.”.

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Breaking Down the Duties of a Medical Assistant

Prism Career Institute

They will be relied upon to help patients understand what they need to know after being discharged. They may even need to assist patients when filling out documents. But the job doesn’t stop once the patient leaves the room. Another important aspect of the position is updating patient files and organizing and filing their charts.

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Understanding the PEPPER Can Reduce Home Health and Skilled Nursing Audit Risks

Relias

This free resource is accessible online and can play an essential part in your internal compliance program in 2023, a year of increased oversight by CMS. Your work may uncover specific care providers who may need additional education and training to improve documentation and reduce associated risk,” she said.

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When Will Medical Schools Give You an Answer?

Accepted Blog

Accepted's Medical School Interview Timeline Medical school Interview timeline (2023-2024 application cycle) Are updates / LOI's accepted? For the 2024 application cycle, the school will send out invitations for interviews on a rolling basis beginning in July 2023. These documents will become a part of your file.

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National Patient Safety Goals Depend on Good Communication

Relias

For 2023, its list of patient safety goals for hospitals includes the following: Identify patients correctly. Communicating clearly about medication requirements during transitions of care — either from one hospital setting to another or during a hospital discharge — helps prevent errors. Improve staff communication. Use alarms safely.

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Medical School Debt: What Are Your Student Loan Forgiveness Options?

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

6 However, in June 2023, the US Supreme Court ruled that the president did not have the authority to implement that plan. 18 In order to discharge federal student loans, a person must be totally and permanently disabled. Legal Challenges The president’s attempts at student debt relief have been plagued by legal challenges.