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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Derek Flores

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Flores, RN, CHPN, BS, a hospice nurse in Colorado since 2012. In 2020 Flores was a featured guest on the TV Show, The Doctors , sharing his expertise on end-of-life hospice care. His second book, Letter to a Hospice Nurse , celebrates the lives of hospice patients and gives a format for surviving family and friends to process grief.

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Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

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Though the benefits are clear, many home health and hospice agencies struggle to optimize coordination. Increased scrutiny in hospices. Hospices should also be concerned about care coordination. Involve all members of the care team. These days we tend to work in silos, without that interdisciplinary interaction.”.

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

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” Richardson suggests engaging a broader interdisciplinary team, including Minimum Data Set (MDS) coordinators, to offer differing viewpoints when analyzing the report. This report can help organizations identify potential overpayments as well as potential underpayments. Home health agencies. Inpatient psychiatric facilities.