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Upcoming Webinar: Improving the Quality of Discharge Summaries

Connect Care Bytes Blog

As part of the Alberta Medical Association's "Transitions in Care Talk" webinar series that explores evidence-informed practices to support patients transitioning from home to hospital and back home, a session on Improving the Quality of Discharge Summaries will be taking place on June 25, 2025, from 12:00 to 13:00.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

Below is a digest of new blog posts across all the Connect Care clinician blog channels in the last week. For more info on the blogs, click here.

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Hospice Billing Compliance: The Latest PEPPER Updates

Relias

The provider-specific PEPPER analyzes Medicare data and statistics from discharges and services compared with every hospice nationwide. In a recent joint webinar from Relias and Weatherbee Resources , Weatherbee Principal Carrie Cooley, MSN, RN, emphasized that each organization must confidently analyze its PEPPER. Live discharges.

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Partnering With Hospitals Can Boost SNF Referrals

Relias

Increase patient volume “The reason to be in a preferred network, from an SNF’s perspective, is pure volume [of patients],” said Phyllis Wojtusik, RN, Executive Vice President of Health System Solutions for Real Time Medical Systems, during a Relias webinar. So volume is very important to them.” Patients always have a choice,” she noted.

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

Relias

A recent Relias webinar on HHVBP indicated that the total Medicare spending reduction in the program’s first five years (2016-2020) resulted in a $942.2 It’s a zero-sum game,” said SimiTree Director of Operations Consulting John Rabbia, PT, PT, MS, MBA, COS-C, at the Relias webinar. Discharged to community.

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When Will Medical Schools Give You an Answer?

Accepted Blog

Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin September-April Unfortunately, we cannot accept any additional information or materials unless it includes Institutional Action, Felony, Misdemeanor or Military Discharge explanations. Any additional information or materials will be discarded. Want Cydney to help you get Accepted?

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Meet Nicole Reid, Poison Control Nurse

Minority Nurse

I spent five days in the hospital and was discharged home on oxygen. I really feel like I have made a positive impact in the lives of others, which makes the work so rewarding. During those six years, while working on the phones, I also worked on becoming a leader in my field.

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