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New Insights on Medicare Advantage Plans and The Two-Midnight Rule

EvidenceCare

In case you aren’t familiar, the Two-Midnight Rule mandates that a patient’s hospital stay must span at least two midnights to qualify for inpatient status, directly influencing reimbursement rates and compliance requirements. In the MA Final Rule, however, CMS explicitly states that the two-midnight presumption does not apply to MA plans.

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Understanding GMLOS and ALOS

EvidenceCare

These measures play a fundamental role in hospital management, financial planning, and patient care optimization. By understanding and leveraging GMLOS and ALOS, hospital executives can improve operational efficiency and patient outcomes. It is the simplest and most commonly used metric for evaluating patient stays.

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STRONG HF – A Positive Trial that Does Not Help Clinical Medicine

Sensible Medicine

The Trial STRONG-HF studied two treatment strategies after a patient was discharged from the hospital after treatment for heart failure. The primary endpoint (of hospital readmission for HF or death) occurred in 15.2% One group gets extra attention in the hospital than 4 extra visits in the first 6 weeks with a cardiologist.

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CNOs Share Their Hopes (And Fears) for Virtual Nursing

Scrubs

Trinity Health announced it will introduce virtual nursing at its hospitals in Michigan and Ardent Health Services plans to do the same in New Mexico. It can also reduce the workload at the bedside by having remote nurses do admissions, discharges, and answer questions virtually.

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Nurses Skipping Meals at Work to Afford Food for Their Families

Scrubs

The National Health Service has been criticized for not paying healthcare workers enough for their time, and now some providers are skipping meals just to make sure they have enough money to feed and clothe their children, according to a survey involving several hospital administrators.

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Countdown Checklist L8, T-minus 2: Catch Up Dictations

Connect Care Bytes Blog

Dictate any pre-launch admission or transfer notes Launch 8 inpatient facilities are supported for dictation of admission histories, transfer notes, consultation reports and discharge summaries. The same applies for Consults performed in the coming week for patients expected to still be in-hospital post-launch.

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The Median Hospital Charge In the U.S. for COVID-19 Care Ranges From $34-45K

Health Populi

The median charge for hospitalizing a patient with COVID-19 ranged from $34,662 for people 23 to 30, and $45,683 for people between 51 and 60 years of age, according to FAIR Health’s research brief, Key Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients published July 14th, 2020. Even if that patient did not survive her hospital stay.

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