Relias

MARCH 1, 2023

A CarePort report found that more patients prefer to receive post-acute care at home instead of in nursing homes and SNFs. Reduce readmissions The CMS Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program reduces payments to acute care facilities with a high 30-day readmission rate.

Hospital

Relias

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Being a home health worker is very difficult and comes with myriad challenges,” said Vince Baiera, BSN, Partner for Post-Acute Care at Relias. When the work doesn’t come with the financial rewards that so many other entry-level roles offer, it makes retention very difficult.

Hospice

Relias

AUGUST 15, 2022

“Every day thousands of boomers are hitting the Medicare rolls, and a large number are choosing to age in place and receive home health services,” said Relias Director of Post-Acute Care Solutions, Trish Richardson, MSN, BSBA, RN, NE-BC, CMSRN. Adjusting PDGM Calculations Based on Data.

Hospice

Minority Nurse

JULY 19, 2023

Am I still the same person?’” Every Path Is Different Sandra Nosek, MSN, RN , has been a nurse for over 30 years with experience in management, staff development, QA wound care, long-term critical acute care, hospice, and skilled nursing facilities. It rocked my world and was very scary,” she says.

Hospice

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2024

“The greatest opportunity offered by AI is not reducing errors or workloads, or even curing cancer: it is the opportunity to restore the precious and time-honored connection and trust,” Dr. Eric Topol wrote in his 2019 book, Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again.

Unit Organization and Environment

Relias

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

When determining improvement scores, the baseline year will be 2019 as opposed to 2020 due to the potential effects of COVID-19 distorting the data. The goal is to use these measures to develop quality improvement projects that can lead to higher payment adjustments. Understanding the scoring system.

Acute Care

Relias

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

To improve the quality and efficiency of its healthcare delivery, the Indian Health Service (IHS) launched the Health IT Modernization Program in 2019. The program will replace outdated IT systems with a modern, integrated, and interoperable platform that can better support the needs of IHS and its patients.

Collaboration

Relias

JULY 4, 2023

A 2019 survey revealed that less than a third of respondents said their organization captures charges within 24 hours. How charge reconciliation impacts the healthcare revenue cycle Strive to conduct your charge reconciliation daily to reduce overload and decrease the chances of missing entries — which can harm your bottom line.

Follow-Up

Relias

APRIL 18, 2022

In home health, clinicians filed 6 million wound care claims in 2019. By ensuring that your organization is known for its clinical expertise and positive outcomes related to skin and wound care, you can gain referrals for patients with complex needs. Build Your Reputation as a Specialist.

Documentation

Relias

JANUARY 5, 2023

Prioritize ways to bring care safely, effectively, and equitably to patients. nursing workforce down more than 100,000 people between 2019 and 2022 (the largest decline in 40 years), staffing issues made the list as the AHA’s third core challenge for 2023. Recruiting, retention, and building employee pipeline. With the U.S.

Patient Centered Care

Relias

AUGUST 9, 2023

You might have millennials looking to start their career, RNs with decades of experience, or seasoned acute clinicians that are new to the post-acute care space. The seasoned staff members may just need a refresher on the latest practice, whereas someone with less experience might need in-depth instruction on trach care.

Follow-Up

Relias

JANUARY 8, 2024

In 2019, $1.9 billion in value-based payments was available to hospitals for inpatient care. The link between patient satisfaction and financial success Low HCAHPS scores can negatively affect a hospital or health system’s reputation and limit the amount of Medicare funding it receives.

Patient Satisfaction

Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2020

billion, up 22% from 2019. Within the mega-deal trend, Rock Health pointed to three facets of the go-go digital health investment climate: expanding virtual care, research and development digital transformation, and fitness and wellness demand. In the third quarter of 2020, some $4 billion was invested in U.S. This is $1.2

Acute Care

Relias

MAY 1, 2022

And although acute care hospitals report using strategies to prevent pressure injuries, those efforts are not always systematically applied to bring consistent results, according to a study of Veterans hospitals. With proactive steps, you can use your leadership power to heal the gaps in wound care education.

Admissions

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

While Peloton was a punchline in some peoples’ jokes at the 2019 holiday season ( see here ), the company had an enviable growing waiting list in 2020 — the right thing at the right time. motivating the move of patients from acute care settings to their homes where patients were found to be improving.

Hospital

Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Hence, the SWAT RN is a nursing role that is instrumental in the promotion of the nursing process and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s 2019 Clinical Judgment Measurement Model within the acute care setting, as they work collaboratively with bedside nurse leaders to facilitate positive patient outcomes.

Triage

Relias

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Over the 20-year span from 1999-2019, deaths related to opioid overdose increased rapidly among Indigenous populations, multiplying by more than five times due to increased use of heroin, hydrocodone, oxycodone, fentanyl, tramadol, and in combination with alcohol and other drugs. Opioid misuse has been an increasing concern in the U.S.

Sterilization

Relias

JANUARY 16, 2023

From the growth of home-based care and telehealth to regulation changes, post-acute care leaders need to be aware of this year’s industry trends. Home-based care is growing. Department and Human Services found that Medicare visits conducted through telehealth in 2020 increased 63-fold, from about 840,000 in 2019 to 52.7

Acute Care

Relias

AUGUST 29, 2022

In 2019, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) issued a joint statement with Physicians for Reproductive Health, stating, “There are situations where pregnancy termination in the form of an abortion is the only medical intervention that can preserve a patient’s health or save their life.

Follow-Up

Relias

MARCH 13, 2023

Without price transparency, patients could not shop for competitively priced care, and some facilities could get away with charging high prices. Even providers administering care sometimes didn’t know exactly how much a procedure or service would cost.

Hospital

The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The CARES Act was passed by Congress on March 27, 2020, to ensure that every American has access to the care they need during the COVID-19 pandemic and to address the economic fallout from the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19. The compliance date for the CMS rule was July 1, 2021. How are New HIPAA Regulations Introduced?

HIPAA

Scrubs

JULY 16, 2024

We’re seeing the collapse of post-acute care in America,” Gamache said. For instance, one of those companies, which purported to provide staff to the homes, paid $5 million to the wife of Kenny Rozenberg, the chain’s chief executive, from 2019 to 2021, the lawsuit said.

Certified Nursing Assistant

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Of course, Amazon continues its march into healthcare, as the company grows into private-label medical devices, private label products (in and outside of healthcare), leverage the PillPack acquisition, and consider its role in primary care services with the hires of staff and thought leaders in the space.

Acute Care