American Nurse

JUNE 5, 2023

On the 32-bed medical/surgical unit at our community hospital, the average discharge time (from the time the provider wrote the order to the time when the patient was physically discharged) was 5 hours and 6 minutes. Safe, effective, and timely discharge requires good communication among the healthcare team, the patient, and the family.

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 13, 2023

Many of these individuals targeted elderly patients who receive Medicare benefits. One of the illegal actions investigated was the bribing of laboratories in exchange for patient referrals. Often these tests would bear no useful results to the patient. What Happened? What is Being Done About it? course today.

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Relias

JANUARY 30, 2024

Improving patient experience scores is a goal for many healthcare organizations — and for good reason. Patient experience is directly tied to patient retention, reimbursement, and in many cases, better patient outcomes. Does patient satisfaction equal better health outcomes?

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Relias

JANUARY 8, 2024

One effective way is to earn high patient satisfaction scores that demonstrate value to customers seeking a trusted healthcare partner. But gaining patient trust isn’t the only benefit of high patient satisfaction scores. Scores for each of these areas and others are calculated into a single, overall patient satisfaction rating.

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Relias

JANUARY 11, 2023

For example, less than 20% of Medicare spending is currently value-based. But momentum will continue, since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in 2021 that it plans to transition fully to value-based reimbursement by 2030. It was largely unsuccessful because it deprioritized quality and patient satisfaction.

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Consult QD

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Symptomatic patients experience voiding dysfunction that can progress without treatment to urinary tract infections, bladder stones, hematuria and kidney damage. This includes some Medicare Administrative Contractors, though efforts are underway in various states to broaden access. The prevalence climbs to nearly 90% by age 85.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 27, 2024

Limitations of Traditional Glucose Control Measures Traditional measures of glucose control, such as hemoglobin A1c (A1C), are widely used to assess long-term blood glucose levels, but they offer limited insight into the day-to-day fluctuations that patients experience.

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Relias

MAY 6, 2025

The good news is that, with the right processes and technologies, particularly for your overworked patient experience manager and staff, physician practices can supercharge their patient retention efforts and excel at healthcare reputation management to help mitigate costs. What are some costs physician practices face?

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Consult QD

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The HCAH team cares for patients with chronic heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sepsis, cellulitis, pneumonia, and diverticulitis, among other conditions. Initial patient feedback has been very positive,” says Dr. Rothman. Often these individuals have other chronic diseases and comorbidities. versus ~13%).

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Relias

APRIL 28, 2022

Throughout the cycle, the possibility of errors looms if your staff isn’t up to speed on the complex coding demands and rules set by hospitals, insurers, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. More complete documentation also helps your organization monitor and track the level of care you provide with detail and accuracy.

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American Nurse

MAY 8, 2023

Takeaways: To help patients and their families make informed decisions about choosing health care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly reports quality performance measures. In addition to informing patients, public reporting can drive providers to improve performance.

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American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Thomas and colleagues describe how clinicians across the globe mobilized or expanded available technology to maintain contact with patients, established new access, and explored uncharted methods of providing healthcare access for individuals in need. References Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. March 17, 2020.

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American Nurse

JUNE 13, 2024

Improving health outcomes relative to the cost of care has been embraced by interested parties across the healthcare system, including patients, providers, health plans, employers, and government organizations. The concept of value, which was introduced in 2006, aligns care with how patients experience their health (Teisberg et al.,

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 14, 2022

In support of these goals, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), acting under the direction of the Department of Health and Human Services, issued a proposed rule in the federal register in April titled Fiscal Year 2023 Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (Proposed Rule).

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Relias

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), care coordination is “the deliberate organization of patient care activities between two or more participants (including the patient) involved in a patient’s care to facilitate the appropriate delivery of health care services.”

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