Relias

AUGUST 8, 2023

It is probably no surprise to you that your post-acute care (PAC) organization’s biggest asset is its employees. PAC training directly impacts the lives of the patient PAC services provide an extra level of assistance for people discharged from acute hospitals.

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Relias

MARCH 1, 2023

A CarePort report found that more patients prefer to receive post-acute care at home instead of in nursing homes and SNFs. As an SNF operator, one strategy to rebuild occupancy and increase revenues is to partner with a local hospital and become part of its SNF-preferred network. So volume is very important to them.”

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Hospital Acute Care Discharges Patient Satisfaction 52

Relias

JANUARY 23, 2023

Our study examined results of a survey of both acute care and behavioral health team members who worked with pregnant and post-pregnant patients. We received nearly 800 responses from clinicians and caregivers, both in acute and behavioral health, about their peripartum depression (PPD) screening and care practices.

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Acute Care Follow-Up Patient Safety Discharges 98

Guideway Care

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Transitional care management (TCM) plays a critical role in reducing hospital readmissions by ensuring patients receive proper care and support as they transition from the hospital to home. reduction in chances for patients who received TCM services.

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Discharges Follow-Up Patient Satisfaction Transfers 52

Relias

MAY 6, 2022

The provider-specific PEPPER analyzes Medicare data and statistics from discharges and services compared with every hospice nationwide. Live discharges. Routine or continuous home care provided in an assisted living facility. Live discharges where a patient is not terminally ill or for revocation. Definitions pages.

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Relias

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Utilizing data from the most recent three calendar years, the PEPPER offers providers specific Medicare data statistics for discharges or services that may be vulnerable to improper payments. Long‐term acute care hospitals. Partial hospitalization programs. Short-term acute care hospitals.

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Health Populi

MAY 16, 2023

Hospitals’ and health systems’ core competencies have been serving patients “within the walls” of their organizations and institutions.

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Arkenea

JUNE 27, 2024

Large and mid-sized hospitals may easily burden the expenses, but what about the small practices? Based on Design Settings Types of EMRs based on design settings are of two distinct types – ambulatory and acute care EMRs. Acute Care Acute care EMR software is largely used in hospitals and other inpatient care facilities.

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Acute Care EHR / EMR Documentation Hospital 52

Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Hence, the SWAT RN is a nursing role that is instrumental in the promotion of the nursing process and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s 2019 Clinical Judgment Measurement Model within the acute care setting, as they work collaboratively with bedside nurse leaders to facilitate positive patient outcomes. and HgB- 7.2

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Relias

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For many hospitals, achieving better outcomes begins with the implementation of improved patient safety protocols. Nurses are a crucial part of a hospital’s efforts to improve patient safety, as they have more direct interaction with patients of any healthcare professional. For example, the study found that 59.2%

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Patient Safety Discharges Communication Medication 52

Relias

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Claims-based measures make up 35% of the TPS and are based on acute-care hospitalizations in the first 60 days of care and emergency department use without hospitalization in the first 60 days of care. Discharged to community. Management of oral medications. Evaluate how patient calls are handled.

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Acute Care Transfers Follow-Up Discharges 52

Relias

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Emergency care Coordination of emergency care helps ensure that patients who come to the emergency department receive timely, appropriate, and high-quality care and are safely and effectively transitioned to the next level of needed care, whether it is inpatient, outpatient, or home-based.

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Guideway Care

JANUARY 14, 2025

By enabling more lucid exchanges and rapport between recipients of care and dispensers thereof, advocates underpin an increase in both efficacy and efficiency when administering medical aid. Such a comprehensive model boosts patient outcomes alongside fortifying the infrastructure around hospital systems and physician services.

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Patient Advocacy Patient Satisfaction Discharges Hospital 52

Relias

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Pay attention to your record on patients having urgent, unplanned emergency room visits or hospital readmissions within the first 60 days of care by your agency. Your reporting should show that your patients remain alive with no unplanned hospitalizations in the 31 days following discharge from home health services.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Improving staff retention could pay off in terms of an increased capacity to deliver care. Depending on your location, reducing turnover by just 1% can save the average hospital $262,300 per year. Patients receive the same quality of care even though these nurses may work at multiple hospitals within the system.

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Unit Organization and Environment Acute Care Long Term Care Discharges 52

Relias

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Comprehensive education for home health staff is vital to boost performance under HHVBP, observed Relias Director of Post-Acute Care Solutions Trish Richardson, MSN, BSBA, RN, NE-BC, CMSRN. Hospices should also be concerned about care coordination. As part of discharge planning. Strategies to improve care coordination.

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Hospice Interdisciplinary Team Follow-Up Documentation 52

Relias

JULY 14, 2022

Hospitals and health systems have targeted their approaches to these issues and others to help reduce complications through adherence to evidence-based clinical protocols and reducing variation in care. Hospitals must also report on their responses to maternal health cases to reveal how equitable and effective they are.

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Patient Safety Acute Care Discharges Insurance 52

Relias

APRIL 6, 2022

New requirements from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in November 2021 and a new time-limited enforcement effort by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced in March call for focused inspections and put a higher level of scrutiny on nursing home compliance and the quality of care provided.

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Acute Care Follow-Up Long Term Care Discharges 52

Relias

JULY 20, 2023

The new measures included the Birthing-Friendly hospital designation to help reduce maternal mortality and morbidity. Ensuring that behavioral health and medical documentation are in the same system can help integrate and improve care. Collaborative care models can save lives. Sadly, U.S. rates are continuing to rise.

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Hospital Documentation Discharges Follow-Up 40

The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also published an interoperability rule in March 2020 that applies to Medicare- and Medicaid-participating short-term acute care hospitals, long-term care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, children’s hospitals, cancer hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs).

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