EvidenceCare

JUNE 11, 2024

In our efforts to empower hospital clinicians to provide better care by having real-time transparency to cost and benchmark utilization data, we’ve learned that one of the core code systems that defines modern hospital resource management – Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) – is misunderstood or even unknown.

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The Healthcare Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

And compared to most of the rest of the world, where surgical interventions by fee-for-service OB/GYNs and hospitals are not rewarded with more revenue, patients in the US need a rate reduction of 10 to 15 points, not three. This is not a picayune academic point.

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 6, 2024

The diet is associated with many complications that often lead to hospital admissions for dehydration, electrolyte disturbances, and hypoglycemia. While a keto diet may help people lose weight in the short term, studies show that weight loss is rarely sustained over the long run and may be detrimental to overhaul health.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

Undercoded Complex Hospital Admissions. Coders are challenged to select the codes that best convey the reason for admission. Coders are having difficulty coding all of the aspects of the admission that they really should,” said Bowman. Prolonged services and advanced care planning are often missed, for example.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

Undercoded Complex Hospital Admissions. Coders are challenged to select the codes that best convey the reason for admission. Coders are having difficulty coding all of the aspects of the admission that they really should,” said Bowman. Prolonged services and advanced care planning are often missed, for example.

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Relias

APRIL 18, 2022

Reducing the number of hospital- or facility-acquired pressure injuries, which are nonreimbursable. Reducing hospital readmission rates by consistently attending to risk factors. By doing so, you create an environment where the team can develop care plans that improve healing rates and lower incidence rates.

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Relias

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

By incorporating care coordination practices such as risk assessment, care planning, care transitions, patient education, patient navigation, telehealth, and home visits, care coordination teams can bring in resources to help patients navigate health concerns that span physical, behavioral, and social risk factors and needs.

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Prism Career Institute

JANUARY 8, 2025

A hospice nurse is a trained and licensed practical nurse who specializes in hospice care. They may work in hospitals, residential care facilities, nursing centers, and patients homes to support patients through their final months. In this difficult time, hospice provides much-needed compassion and connection.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2020

32% of people with one chronic condition were adjusting spending on health care visits due to COVID-19. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The positive finding in this research is that one-third of people dealing with at least one chronic condition sought health care through virtual means, telehealth, in the pandemic.

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Guideway Care

JULY 2, 2024

Early identification allows for proactive management of their conditions, reducing hospital admissions and improving overall health outcomes. Addressing Patients With Immediate Care Needs After identifying high-risk patients, addressing those needing immediate care is essential.

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Scrubs

APRIL 25, 2023

A new law is set to pass in the state of Florida that will require all hospitals receiving Medicaid funding to collect information regarding their patients’ immigration status as part of the admissions process. Patients’ names also wouldn’t be disclosed to the state.

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The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also published an interoperability rule in March 2020 that applies to Medicare- and Medicaid-participating short-term acute care hospitals, long-term care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, children’s hospitals, cancer hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs).

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