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Navigating the World of Long-Term Care: A Guide for Nurses

Minority Nurse

In the vast and varied landscape of healthcare careers, long-term care is sometimes overlooked. What is Long-term Care? Long-term care (LTC) refers to a range of services to meet a person’s health or personal care needs for an extended period.

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Palliative-Primary Care Integration Crucial for MCC Patients

Hospice News

Bruera defines palliative care as person centered care to patients with chronic progressive diseases and their loved ones that is delivered by an interdisciplinary team in settings that include the home, outpatient facilities, and inpatient acute and long-term care facilities.

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How CON Laws Influence Hospice Quality, Program Integrity

Hospice News

Florida is among the states with hospice CON laws in place, while Georgia’s CON programs predominantly pertain to other health care facility types such as hospitals and long-term care facilities. Operating in both regulatory climates has come with challenges around program integrity, Ponder-Stansel indicated.

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Making every word count: The role of AAC in LTC

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

For many individuals we serve who present with chronic, progressive and/or neurological conditions, this is what they face daily. Fortunately, in post-acute care, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) steps in to close the gap, ensuring residents’ voices are not just heard but understood. We all have, right?

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Step by step, how a CPT® code becomes a code

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

Every fall, healthcare professionals anxiously await the release of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule, which outlines policy changes for Medicare payments under the PFS and updates to other Medicare Part B payment policies. Widespread use: Is the service being performed frequently across various healthcare 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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Understanding social determinants of health and rehab

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

To begin, an article published by the American Speech Language Hearing Association titled Interprofessional Advocacy for HealthCare Equity notes considerations associated with communication and the role of the speech-language pathologist. Finally, let’s review what key areas were present in this year’s SNF proposed rule surround SODH.