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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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Magnet Status Matters: What Magnet Recognition Means for Hospitals and the Nurses Working There

Minority Nurse

Hospital administrators across the nation advocate the merits of Magnet designation. The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), an affiliate of the American Nurses Association, awards Magnet status to hospitals that satisfy designated criteria that measure the strength and quality of the institution’s nursing care.

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Jefferson Health Announces Partnership with Prepared Health to Coordinate Care Transitions From Hospital to Home

Electronic Health Reporter

Jefferson Health, a 14-hospital system in Philadelphia and New Jersey with more than $5 billion in revenue, named Chicago-based Prepared Health its digital technology partner for post-acute and transitional care. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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How Philips Has Pivoted In the COVID-19 Pandemic: Connected Care From Hospital to Home

Health Populi

I’d interviewed Roy at CES 2020 in Las Vegas in January to catch up on consumer health developments, and the March meeting was going to cover Philips’ innovations on the hospital and acute care side of the business, as well as to learn more about Roy’s new role as head of Connected Care.

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Best Buy Health’s Latest Insights into Technology and Care at Home

Health Populi

.” This post summarizes some key findings on the consumer demand side for staying home, empowered and enabled by various technologies that can support independent aging, living, and medical care as more acute services shift from hospital-to-home.

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Choosing a Control Group

Sensible Medicine

Patients may develop a disease that requires admission to the hospital, mostly because of lung problems, such as the need for oxygen. Indirect organ damage is common in medical conditions that are severe enough to warrant admission to the hospital. The disease might affect other organs—either directly or indirectly.

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Enhancing Patient Safety in Nursing: Strategies and Practices

Relias

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%