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How BPCI Enhances Patient Experience and Lowers Costs: A Comprehensive Guide

Guideway Care

Enhanced patient experience under BPCI is achieved through effective care coordination, patient engagement, and data monitoring, which collectively optimize healthcare quality and reduce unnecessary procedures. Role of Interprofessional Collaboration Interdisciplinary cooperation is a key component for the efficacy of BPCI programs.

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The Top Patient Safety Risks in 2025 Are Mostly About the “Human OS” – Reading ECRI’s Annual Report

Health Populi

health care system today: namely, Managing patient violence Inadequate patient handoffs– but in this case, related to patient transport #5 and #9 in the list 10 years later identify care coordination challenges, which continue to mar health care quality in the U.S. With 3 in 5 U.S.

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How CMS’ TEAM Initiative Helps Prevent Surgical Readmissions With Better Wound Care

Relias

Patients unplanned returns to the hospital after discharge drive up costs, disrupt recovery, and reflect gaps in care. Under HRRP, hospitals received financial penalties if their readmission rates exceeded the national average a move that drove greater attention to discharge protocols and transitional care.

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How Philips Has Pivoted In the COVID-19 Pandemic: Connected Care From Hospital to Home

Health Populi

I’d interviewed Roy at CES 2020 in Las Vegas in January to catch up on consumer health developments, and the March meeting was going to cover Philips’ innovations on the hospital and acute care side of the business, as well as to learn more about Roy’s new role as head of Connected Care.

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Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

Relias

Comprehensive education for home health staff is vital to boost performance under HHVBP, observed Relias Director of Post-Acute Care Solutions Trish Richardson, MSN, BSBA, RN, NE-BC, CMSRN. Hospices should also be concerned about care coordination. Assessing communication and collaboration. As part of discharge planning.

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Home Health Agencies Face Growing Competition as Value-Based Purchasing Expands Nationally

Relias

Claims-based measures make up 35% of the TPS and are based on acute-care hospitalizations in the first 60 days of care and emergency department use without hospitalization in the first 60 days of care. Discharged to community. Management of oral medications. Check why measures are below benchmarks.

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Exploring What Role Patient Advocacy Plays in Bundled Payment Outcomes

Guideway Care

This blog explores how patient advocacy enhances care quality, addresses social determinants of health, and supports bundled payment success. Thereby bolstering efficiency within the framework of both medicare payment systems: BPCI as part of their care improvement initiative aimed at boosting overall health outcomes.