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Albert Einstein Medical Center serves up telehealth from 4 vendors with FCC grant

Healthcare It News

"We have additionally implemented a process wherein our nurses who conduct home visits for our most high-risk patients bring tablet technology to their bedside in their home and help them navigate through their telehealth visit," she noted. We continue to use this technology to offer this convenient option for patients.

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What COVID-19’s Attack on Healthcare Cybersecurity Taught Us About Its Shortcomings

HIT Consultant

While healthcare facilities are still dedicated to providing the best care to patients impacted by COVID-19, it is imperative that healthcare practices, especially those like skilled nursing facilities, take cybersecurity seriously to prevent data leaks, care disruption, financial setbacks, and more.

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HHS OIG Report On Prior Authorizations Under Medicare Advantage

Sheppard Health Law

Denials of transfers to post-acute care facilities, such as inpatient rehabilitation facilities or skilling nursing facilities, from hospitals were due to the claimed intensive therapy or skilled care not being needed and a lower level of care, such as home health services, would suffice.

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CalAIM: Leveraging Medicaid Managed Care for Housing and Homelessness Supports

NASHP

Use crisis services, emergency rooms, urgent care, or inpatient stays as the sole source of care; Experienced two or more emergency room visits or two or more hospitalizations due to SMI or SUD in the past 12 months. Nursing Home Residents Transitioning to the Community. Recuperative care (medical respite).

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) pairs registered nurses with low-income first-time mothers during pregnancy and continues with regular home visits until the child’s second birthday. Data demonstrate that 95–98 percent of children receiving MRSS remain in their current living situations , including children in foster care.