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New Directors at Iowa River, Home Health of the Ozarks; C-Suite Shifts at Elara Caring, VIA Health

Hospice News

Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care Names New Director Missouri-based Texas County Memorial Hospital (TCMH) has appointed Cheryl Maley, registered nurse, as new director of Home Health of the Ozarks and Hospice of Care.

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OIG’s Hospice GIP Audit Fueled by Inappropriate Billing; Nearly One-Third of Claims Have Errors

Hospice News

“The hospital may no longer have an incentive for the patient to remain in an inpatient stay and, therefore, may want to admit them to hospice when that may not be the appropriate setting.” In other instances, billing errors occurred when GIP services were provided when patientscare needs could have been managed in a home setting.

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The Rise of Malpractice Claims Against NPs

Daily Nurse

percent of all claims in the 2022 dataset, compared to 13 percent in the 2012 dataset. NSO and CNA’s Nurse Practitioner Claim Report revealed that in the 2022 dataset, 66 percent of all claims involved NPs specializing in family and adult-gerontology primary care. For example, claims that resolved for over $500,000 represented 21.5

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Forcura Partners with AlayaCare to Support the Entire Home-based Care Market

AlayaCare

Together, Forcura and AlayaCare are helping customers reduce administrative expenses, increase staff efficiency, and ultimately deliver better outcomes in the home-based care market. Since its founding in 2012, Forcura and its technology innovations have supported agencies and providers across the home-based care sector in a variety of ways.

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Risks Facing Nurse Practitioners Today

Minority Nurse

Nurse practitioners (NPs) have a great deal of responsibility regarding patient care, and as the healthcare landscape evolves, so do the daily risks NPs face. Nurse practitioner malpractice data can be used to inform and address areas of clinical improvement as well as help to improve the quality of care and patient safety.

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Empowering patients and families to escalate worries and concerns. The NHS England pilot project at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

This one year pilot project aims to see patients as equal partners in care 3. Patient and carer escalation of concerns had been happening on an informal basis for those patients particularly at risk, for example step-down from critical care, patients with learning difficulty and those with fractured ribs.

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AlayaCare offers deepest integration to Medicaid billing through partnership with Waystar

AlayaCare

“In a world of constantly changing reimbursement rules, providers need intelligent technology to help them get ahead of denials, reduce cost to collect, and bring in more revenue—so they can focus their resources on ever-better patient care.” For more information, visit waystar.com or follow @Waystar on Twitter.