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Navigating Medicare Advantage: Strategies for Hospitals to Tackle Growing Challenges

EvidenceCare

The panel featured Jackie Kimmel , Senior Director of Strategy Catalyst for The Health Management Academy , Dr. Adam Fall , Corporate Medical Director of Utilization Management at Erlanger , and Dr. Jeny McNair , President and Chief Physician Advisor at Physician Advisory Services of Med-Metrix. For Star Ratings specifically, CMS spent $12.8

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Upcoming ICD-10 Code Changes for October 1, 2024: What You Need to Know 

Health Prime

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the ICD-10-CM code set update for fiscal year (FY) 2025. These changes will impact medical billing, coding practices, and healthcare administration.

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Primary care news round-up (13th February to 19th February 2025)

Practice Index

The response was led by Dr Claire Fuller, Primary Care Medical Director of NHS England, who said: So if you think about Practice Managers, every day [they] will get a phone call from a patient that says, If I die today, itll be your fault. 20% received appointment letters after the date of the appointment.

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Connect Care Scheduled Downtime and Spring Upgrade - Thursday March 13, 2025, 00:30-04:30

Connect Care Bytes Blog

The next scheduled update will occur during downtime on Thursday, March 13, 2025, between 00:30 and 04:30. On this occa sion, all Connect Care production systems are affected, including Hyperdrive, Transfusion (WellSky), Content (Quanum), Dictation (Dragon Medical One), MUSE and ECG Web, MyAHS Connect, and the Link Provider Portal.

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Partnering With Hospitals Can Boost SNF Referrals

Relias

According to a recent National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care (NIC) survey, one-fifth of nursing care respondents anticipate that occupancy levels will not return to the pre-pandemic rate until 2025 or beyond. This partnership can help secure referrals and stimulate cash flow, especially when taking on highly complex patients.

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Writing Compelling Activity Descriptions to Boost Your Med School Application

Accepted Blog

Having worked in admissions for over two decades, I have read thousands of activity descriptions for medical school and related healthcare fields. As a result, more research opportunities became available for medical students, residents, and undergraduates. Applying to Medical School? Why did you choose it?

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Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

Relias

The HHCAHPS Survey will determine 30% of an agency’s total performance score, and that score will in turn determine the agency’s payment adjustment for 2025. Documentation in the medical record. At a minimum, each patient’s medical record should reflect care team coordination at the following time points: Start of care.

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