Relias

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The increased pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented never-before-seen growth opportunities for home health agencies and their workforce, as Bill Dombi, President of the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), noted in a December 2021 webinar titled The State of Home Health.

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Relias

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I recently had the privilege of co-presenting a webinar for the American Hospital Association with two colleagues from Memorial Hermann Health System. Memorial Hermann is the largest not-for-profit health system in southeast Texas and spans 17 hospitals and over 260 care delivery sites with 1.7 million patient encounters per year.

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Valant

MARCH 2, 2024

Insurance reimbursement can be unpredictable, as frequent changes in coverage policies and reimbursement rates can lead to difficulties in verifying patient eligibility, obtaining authorizations, resolving claim denials, and more. Collaboration between clinical teams and billing staff can help address these challenges.

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Valant

MARCH 25, 2024

You may need to plan for office downtime and lowered provider productivity, which is one of the reasons why announcing the transition well in advance is important—it allows you to “build in” downtime and allows patients to schedule their necessary appointments around the disruption.

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Accepted Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Our students also work in the sim lab with students from other programs as well, so not only do they get to learn theory, collaboratively, they also get to do practical kinds of opportunities as well in terms of our simulation lab. It may be an individual who has a lot of experience working in direct patient care.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Lack of funding and access Native American health care faces the constant challenge of finding resources to meet patient needs. Insufficient funding creates a lack of clinical resources because available funding is often put toward direct patient care. IHS provides federally-funded health care to nearly 2.6

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 23, 2023

This was rather eye-opening, as it takes an enormous amount of work and collaboration necessary to pull together a functional disaster preparedness plan. The clinical focus is their passion and they are dedicated to excellent patient care. I met so many amazing people who donated their time and expertise to the project.

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