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CareConnectMD Building Hospice Network as Footprint Grows

Hospice News

A direct contracting entity (DCE), CareConnectMD offers primary care, palliative care, and care coordination services. Presently, 80% of CareConnectMD’s patient population is in the long term care setting, according to Phan. Most DCEs expect a seamless transition into ACO REACH.

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Community Hospice & Palliative Care Setting Sights on Florida, Georgia Expansion

Hospice News

The community space can also be used for theater seating, educational presentations and community outreach sessions, Ward said. We have multiple care teams broken into about 80-120 patients, so they are doing care coordination and case management out of this office.

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Understanding the 7 C’s of Palliative Care

Caregiver Support Services

Asking clear questions about treatment options, discussing care goals, and addressing concerns about the future encourage shared decision-making. This ongoing communication helps align everyones expectations, creating a solid framework for care. Continuity Providing consistent care is essential in palliative settings.

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Finding your PAC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Last week we as an industry saw RTI International release a report titled: CMS Report to Congress: Unified Payment for Medicare-Covered Post-Acute Care Analysis and Development of the Prototype Unified PAC Prospective Payment System Called for in the IMPACT Act. Is UPAC a new term to you? Let’s start with some background here.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Elodia Mercier

Minority Nurse

How long have you worked in nursing? July 23, 1984, to present. I started as a staff RN in 1984 in the Neurology unit of Montefiore and then moved to the Rehabilitation units for long-term care. I was then promoted to become a Patient Care Coordinator and then a Nurse Manager in the Department of Medicine.

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Ep.17: How Home Care Agencies Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions

Home Care Pulse

I was working in home Health back when it was first introduced back in 2010, as a way for c m s to not only create structured penalties for hospitals with excessive readmissions, but also to reward and incentivize those providers for effective care coordination and collaboration with post-acute providers across the care continuum.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

The good news is that the financial case for comprehensive dementia care is changing thanks to a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) alternative payment model (APM) called Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model. Eric: So as long as Medicare is not paying for the… Or Medicaid, I guess, for nursing.

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