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Mastering BPCI-A for Success

Guideway Care

With BPCI-A, the entire healthcare team is in the loop about the patient’s care and financial obligations. This goes a long way to ensure effective communication and collaboration for quality care. Surgeons, nurses, physical therapists, and other healthcare professionals must work together to create comprehensive care plans.

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Care Coordination: The Key to Improving Patient Outcomes

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What is care coordination? Coordination of care is the process of organizing and integrating health care services for patients across care settings and providers. In emergency care settings, care coordination can involve immediate care, hospital admission, discharge planning, follow-up care, and post-acute care.

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Home Health CoPs Update: New Opportunities for OTs

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Under the new CoPs, if therapy services establish home health eligibility, OT is included in the care plan, and no skilled nursing care is designated, the start of care visit can be done by an OT instead of having to wait for a nurse, PT, or SLP to be available. OTs Can Step Up and Coordinate Care.

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Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

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“One of the goals of the nationwide rollout of VBP is to integrate and coordinate care,” Salisbury-Sizemore said. 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.” Assessing communication and collaboration.

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Nursing Maneuvers for Shoulder Dystocia

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Every facility should have a detailed shoulder dystocia nursing management and care plan in place to help nurses perform these duties successfully. How do you perform shoulder dystocia maneuvers? There are two main categories of shoulder dystocia maneuvers: primary maneuvers and secondary maneuvers.

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Understanding Transitional Care Management in Reducing Readmissions

Guideway Care

Key Takeaways Transitional Care Management (TCM) improves care coordination and significantly reduces hospital readmissions through a structured approach that encompasses patient follow-up and communication.

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Enhancing Patient Safety in Nursing: Strategies and Practices

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Promoting patient safety in nursing requires the cultivation of intentional communication and collaboration — a responsibility that falls on nurse leaders. This type of fear-induced workplace culture adds an additional source of anxiety to an already stressful profession, further impacting a nurse’s ability to effectively care for patients.