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Hospice News
DECEMBER 27, 2024
What Hospice VBID means for Palliative Care Palliative cares future reimbursement streams may see impacts with the impending end of the hospice component of U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services value-based insurance design (VBID) model.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 16, 2024
We have both a population that is more likely to need palliative care services, and access to services is oftentimes more limited. For the purposes of your program, what definition do you use for community-based palliative care? Oftentimes, we say the hospital, but the hospital also manages the home care and the long term care.
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Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
APRIL 27, 2023
PEPPER is a report that uses National SNF claims data to identify areas within the SNF prospective payment system (PPS) that could be at risk for improper Medicare payment. These areas are referred to as “target areas.” All SNFs that have sufficient data to generate a report receive a PEPPER, which contains statistics for these target areas.
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
JULY 21, 2022
But onward to post-acute care and what we see coming in the future. . 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.
GeriPal
MARCH 14, 2024
So, it’s definitely possible in sort of that oldest old category that there may be what we call silent aspiration, where someone aspirates, and then they don’t cough or clear their throat, so you actually wouldn’t even know that they’re aspirating. Raele: Yep, they definitely can be. Raele: Yes, definitely.
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Let’s start with some definitions and guidance from Medicare Benefit Policy Manual Chapter 15 – Covered Medical and Other Health Services. We are clinicians, after all, who provide care to complex patients daily so how about we start there! How is that defined per Medicare? Now on to complexities.
Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder
JUNE 23, 2022
Social determinants of health, understanding what they are, their impact on patient care, and their influence on effective transitions across care settings are all essential for rehab providers. Let’s begin with definitions. She can be reached at rkinder@broadriverrehab.com.
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