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Hospice Billing Compliance: The Latest PEPPER Updates

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The Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report, or PEPPER, contains valuable information to help your hospice organization identify billing issues and prevent improper payment audits. The provider-specific PEPPER analyzes Medicare data and statistics from discharges and services compared with every hospice nationwide.

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Nurses on the Moment They Realized They Wanted to Be a Caregiver

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When I was 14, I became a junior volunteer at a local hospital in The Bronx. That’s why I love Hospice. After graduation, a community hospital close to me had a $3,000 scholarship and 6 month position which I took and ended up in the NICU. You got to go to the hospital and learn a little about each department.

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U.S. Hospitals Will Lose $323 Billion in 2020 – Before Accounting for Growing COVID Cases

Health Populi

health systems are projected to lose $323 billion in 2020 due to declining inpatient and outpatient volumes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the “normal” hospital business. Hospitals racked up over $200 bn in losses between March and June 2020. declines in expected inpatient volume and 34.5%

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Wife Encouraged Husband to Become an RN, Now He’s Won a DAISY Award

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Chuck Murphy had tears in his eyes when Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital presented him with the coveted DAISY Award for extraordinary nurses. He was surprised to receive the honor after being nominated by one of his hospice patients. Chuck has become our friend here while in the hospital.”

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The moment I knew I was meant to be a nurse

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That spoonful of applesauce was for my father, who lay prone in a hospital bed after suffering from a hemorrhagic stroke. It has been my joy to observe and learn from the hospice nurses and a privilege to walk with patients and families during the last days of life.

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Building Your Path to Medicine By Taking the Right Stepping Stones

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Shadowing healthcare professionals, volunteering at hospitals or enrolling in internships can provide valuable insight into what the job entails. Some hospitals and clinics also provide funding opportunities in exchange for postgraduate work commitments.

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Nurse-Turned-Patient Shocked by How She Was Treated by the Healthcare System

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Theresa Brown is a hospice and oncology nurse that was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer in 2017. The ordeal led her to write a book titled, “Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient,” which chronicles what she learned from her time in the hospital. I never expected to become a patient,” she told TODAY.