HIT Consultant

JULY 13, 2023

News & World Report will incorporate the 3M™ Ambulatory Potentially Preventable Complications (3M AM-PPCs) software in the analysis of its 2023-2024 Best Hospitals Specialty rankings. Medicare and national benchmarks are also available for users to support quality performance evaluations.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 17, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted QSO-23-19-Hospitals this morning (July 17, 2023). Medicare-certified hospitals have a regulatory obligation to care for patients in a safe setting under the Medicare Hospital Conditions of Participation at §482.13(c)(2).

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Home Health Care

MAY 30, 2022

The traditional brick-and-mortar hospital system is broken, often leaving patients in a condition that’s worse than when they first arrived. The findings throw further support for facility-based care alternatives, including the types of hospital-at-home models that lean heavily on home health and home care agencies.

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Home Health Care

AUGUST 4, 2023

If a provider knows they need to focus on reducing acute-care hospitalizations, for instance, QAPI can help them do so. Here is a look at three steps providers can take to improve their QAPI approach, fix their VBP scores and boost their Medicare payments. What we are doing today will affect the 2025 payment.” But how will they do it?

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

CMS posted QSO-23-04-Hospitals on Monday, November 28, 2022. CMS health and safety requirements do not preclude healthcare workers from taking appropriate action to protect themselves from workplace violence. The hospital must protect vulnerable patients, including newborns and children. This is a 3-page Memorandum.

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Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Broadly, patients being discharged from the hospital to home health care will not need advanced approval. BCBS of Massachusetts touted what it will do for hospitals and patients looking forward to discharge. “We 1 of 2024 and for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans by 2025.

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Patient Safety Movement

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In honor of World Health Organization World Patient Safety Day 2023, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation hosted a webinar dedicated to the theme of “Empowering Patients.” Children’s Hospital and the Stollery Children’s Hospital.

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Sheppard Health Law

MAY 5, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector (“OIG”) released a report that studied prior authorization denials and payment denials by Medicare Advantage Organizations (“MAOs”) (the “Report”). Thirteen percent of denied prior authorization requests met Medicare coverage rules. The OIG Report. additional test results).

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Patient Safety Movement

JULY 25, 2023

Don Berwick—one of the original giants in patient safety and a founding member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement—gave an inspiring keynote address. First, he recognized the superb healthcare force we have in the US, how dedicated they are, and how frustrated they are by the avoidable harm to patients that is occurring.

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Readiness Rounds

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In today’s blog post we're discussing how Rise & Shine–our latest regulatory compliance solution–can help hospitals deal with the tightened CMS rules on unannounced visits. This approach helps reduce findings, improves patient safety, and supports sustainable performance improvement. Headlines: 1. Key Takeaways 5.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2024

The American Hospital Association is curating a similar page for the organization’s hospital members with updates and special reports and links. Billions of dollars of non-payments are challenging certain hospitals and medical practices to remain open and provide essential services. health care system.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

"Throughout the process, the digital care management approach captures holistic, contextual data, creating a more meaningful, measurable and even predictive view for better patient care and outcomes," he added. Another aspect of this approach is reimbursement. "We will follow these trends as more data is gathered over time.

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Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 20, 2023

and Jonathan Blum, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – names you may recognize from CMS National Stakeholder Calls. Ensuring patient safety is at the heart of the Hippocratic Oath: First, Do No Harm. Protecting patients must always remain our first priority. The authors are Lee Fleisher, MD.,

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Patient Safety Medicaid Medicare Quality of Care 40

Patient Safety Movement

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Joe’s passion for patient safety has been a driving force behind breakthrough developments in medical innovation at the company he founded, Masimo. Other patients with more complex illnesses will have a better chance of difficult complications being treated sooner, boosting their quality of life. Read the full article here.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 24, 2022

What You Should Know: – Glytec recently announced that it has been selected by CPS Solutions, LLC (CPS) , a leading provider of enterprise pharmacy solutions to hospitals and health systems, to serve as an insulin management technology resource for CPS’ more than 2,200 pharmacy professionals across 800-plus healthcare facilities nationwide.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 6, 2022

During the first phase of the pandemic, both patients and providers embraced remote care, prompting an incredible spike in utilization – approximately 63 times pre-pandemic baseline levels among Medicare patients, new CMS data reveals. This is a troubling trend that must be reversed.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 6, 2023

It was established with the goal of improving the quality of health care services and patient safety through accreditation and certification programs. ACHC is recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a deeming authority for home health and hospice.

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Patient Safety Movement

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) has just released its findings and recommendations on patient safety in a report to U.S. Titled “A Transformational Effort on Patient Safety,” the report draws much-needed attention to the fact that patient safety is an urgent national public health issue.

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Patient Safety Prevention Federal Healthcare Hospitals 133

Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment grows, providers need to prove their agency’s value in order to maintain a sustainable business. By showing real results to payers and policymakers – like a 57% drop in hospital utilization and 28% drop in ER visits – Care Advantage is able to show the value of home-based care with data.

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Home Health Care

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Longo : There are nearly 11,000 home health agencies that report data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. I’d like to point out that accreditation is regarded as a well-established mechanism for promoting quality and patient safety in health care. The data are publicly available and include the CMS star ratings.

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Healthcare Success

JULY 5, 2022

What’s more, most doctors work in a hospital or multilocation medical practice, making it even more challenging to identify key decision-makers. How many are employees of a group practice or hospital? In fact, nearly three in four doctors work for a hospital, health system, or corporate entity today, according to Avalere Health.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 24, 2022

Taking a standardized approach to acuity assessments not only provides more objectivity, but also gives hospitals the data they need to make a variety of tactical and strategic decisions, from daily unit staffing to future space, specialty services, and bed capacity. .

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CAPS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

CAPS provided Patient and Family Engagement technical support to the Hospital Engagement Networks (2012-2015) and Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (2015-2020) programs and the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (2015-2019). Patients participated in in-person events and were members of Affinity Groups.

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Healthcare Leadership

APRIL 24, 2023

Poor transitinos have been known to lead to: Adverse events Low satisfaction with care Higher rehospitalizations A Recent Example I was reminded of the challenges of patient transitions by Jan Oldenburg @janoldenburg who has been documenting her experience as the caregiver for Casey Quinlan @MightyCasey. Naylor M, Keating SA. Valverde, P.A.,

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KHN

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In another 2020 case, a 67-year-old New Jersey resident collapsed at her home, dying later the same day at a local hospital. Experts and lawmakers say the FDA needs to find a way to detect safety problems quicker. Some patients might find that information helpful, but it’s not available to them.

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Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

For instance, OIG recommends that oversight of quality and patient safety activities be incorporated into a company’s compliance programs and that an organization’s board should require regular reports on compliance in these areas from the responsible senior leadership. 25000 (April 25, 2023). [2]

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Healthcare Leadership Council

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Unfortunately, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a policy change that would assign more “busy work” to key players across the health sector. The last thing the U.S. healthcare system needs is more paperwork. The modern U.S. healthcare system is incredibly complex.

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Home Health Care

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Health care is primarily built around the delivery of care within hospitals, dependent on episodic, fee-for-service reimbursement. Care provided in a patient’s home is expected to increase considerably over the next few years. Gupta: In the last 18, 20 months, I think the greatest challenges in health care have been exposed.

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Nursing Home Care Patient Safety Medicare 96

Briggs Healthcare

APRIL 11, 2023

As required by statute, the fiscal year (FY) 2024 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) and long-term care hospital prospective payment system (LTCH PPS) rule updates Medicare payments and policies for hospitals. This reflects an FY 2024 projected hospital market basket update of 3.0%, reduced by a projected 0.2

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Patient Safety Medicare Hospitals Prevention 40

Patient Safety Movement

AUGUST 25, 2023

At June’s World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, our CEO Dr. Michael Ramsay shared an optimistic perspective about the progress which can be made in patient safety in the next five years through data transparency and evidence-based medicine. “I The current structure fails patients on a colossal scale.

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Patient Safety Movement

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

During his speech, Joe provided an overview of the PCAST report recommendations, the current state of patient safety efforts and strategies for reaching ZERO, and issues around opioid safety. Through this year’s slogan “Elevate the voice of patients!” More than 40 percent of these events are due to preventable errors.

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KHN

DECEMBER 19, 2023

had the same device implanted at Methodist Hospital of San Antonio. Hospitals, doctors, and others report device-related deaths, serious injuries, and malfunctions to manufacturers, who are required to investigate and report cases to the FDA. The event was also described in the peer-reviewed Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

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Etactics

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Such issues may include navigating billing models, payer requirements, and complicated Medicare guidelines. Patients with Alzheimer’s disease or other cognitive issues. State Medicaid and Medicare Part D plans make up the primary payers. Improving accuracy and enhancing patient safety while keeping data orderly and organized.

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

North Carolina’s comprehensive behavioral health approach included efforts to increase uptake of CoCM through additional training and practice supports and Medicaid rate increases to 120% of Medicare rates for behavioral health providers. It is operational across 231 hospitals and medical practice sites in the U.S.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Along with either requiring or pushing American workers to get vaccinated, the Biden administration’s strategy calls for increased testing and masking while allocating more support for COVID-burdened hospitals. I think we as an industry have the same obligations as our hospital partners and others out there to essentially move together.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 16, 2023

care.ai, an advanced Smart Care Facility Platform partners with Samsung to bring the highest quality graphics and display to care settings, elevating the patient experience by transforming hospitals, nursing homes and care facilities with smarter, more responsive care environments.

Physical Therapy 52

Physical Therapy Primary Care Rehabilitation Medicare 52

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 14, 2023

The budget details a blueprint to grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out, lower costs for families, protect and strengthen Medicare and Social Security, and reduce the deficit by ensuring the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share—all while ensuring no one making less than $400,000 per year pays more in taxes.

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