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Understanding the PEPPER Can Reduce Home Health and Skilled Nursing Audit Risks

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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. Why should you read the PEPPER? This report can help organizations identify potential overpayments as well as potential underpayments.

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Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

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Examples of care coordination may include structured meetings such as routine, formal case conferencing with the patient representative or a regularly scheduled, interdisciplinary team meeting to coordinate care, discuss goals, map out roles and responsibilities, and address any barriers preventing the patient from receiving services.

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Teamwork Makes Every Nursing Team Better

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In interdisciplinary teams or even working with patients, the chance for miscommunication is elevated, and sometimes an apology is necessary and the right thing to do. Take a step back and wait for things to deescalate, says Johnson, and then come from a place of humility. Own your mistakes,” Johnson says.

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