Home Health Care

APRIL 10, 2023

At-Home Health Care — Sparta Community Hospital’s home health segment — has made successful care transitions a priority in an effort to lower rehospitalizations and ER visits. Sparta Community Hospital is located in Southern Illinois and is a 25-bed full-service acute care medical facility.

Care Transition 95

Care Transition Hospitals Medicare Performance improvement 95

HIT Consultant

MAY 15, 2024

Smoother Care Transitions: Regard’s technology ensures continuity of care during patient handoffs by providing new attending physicians with all the necessary details for a swift and informed takeover.

Care Transition 97

Care Transition Quality Improvement Integration Hospitals 97

Home Health Care

JUNE 15, 2023

Patient transitions from the hospital to post-acute care providers, including home health agencies, continue to be plagued by incomplete medical records and missing information. Gaps in post-acute care transitions are so common, in fact, that the U.S.

Hospitals 89

Hospitals Care Transition Medicaid Medicare 89

Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Overall, the expansion is a move to further improve care transitions, coordination and continuity. About $25 billion in annual health care costs are the result of the absence of continuity and coordination during care transitions from the hospital to the home setting, according to a study published by BMC Health Services Research.

Home Care 89

Home Care Care Transition Medicare Hospitals 89

Home Health Care

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The aim of the partnership was to enhance care transitions. One takeaway for home health providers is the importance of working with SNFs to further strengthen SNF-to-home transitions. A big part of the reason for this is poor preparation when it comes to care transitions, according to the report.

Care Transition 92

Care Transition Nursing Medicare Medicaid 92

HIT Consultant

MAY 16, 2024

Improved Care Coordination: Enhanced communication between providers across different care settings leads to smoother care transitions and improved overall patient outcomes.

Care Transition 59

Care Transition Integration Healthcare 59

HIT Consultant

MAY 29, 2024

. – Together, the organizations are working towards a goal of improving health outcomes for patients across the state of Texas and ensuring a more connected care experience at every stage of the patient healthcare journey.

Care Transition 52

Care Transition Integration Nursing Hospitals 52

HIT Consultant

MARCH 26, 2024

. – The strategic deployment will provide Prisma Health and its Clinically Integrated Network, inVio Health Network , with real-time patient intelligence across the entire care continuum. Discharge Summaries : Improves communication by addressing challenges in sharing vital patient information across different healthcare settings.

Care Transition 40

Care Transition Integration Hospitals Nursing 40

Home Health Care

APRIL 14, 2023

Another way is through a focus on care transitions. This year, we will manage nearly 12 million care transitions, about twice as many as just three years ago. “This year, we expect to make more than 2.5

Care Transition 94

Care Transition Accountability Home Care Hospitals 94

Home Health Care

JUNE 16, 2022

For home-based providers, maximizing the seamlessness of a post-hospital care transition is paramount. RML Specialty Hospital — a long-term acute care hospital that offers critical care — has seen this firsthand through its utilization of the care coordination platform CarePort, which is a WellSky-owned company.

Care Transition 104

Care Transition Hospitals Nursing 104

Healthcare Leadership

APRIL 24, 2023

Care Transitions Between Hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities: Perspectives of Sending and Receiving Providers”, Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety , 1 November 2018, [link] , accessed 24 April 2023. Britton MC, Ouellet GM, Minges KE, Gawel M, Hodshon B, Chaudhry SI.

Care Transition 52

Care Transition Nursing Primary Care General Practice 52

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Average lengths of stay continued to decline as well in August—down 4% month-over-month—as patients continue to resume more normal patterns of accessing care.

Hospitals 59

Hospitals Care Transition 59

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Proven Impact on Patient Outcomes This partnership holds significant potential to improve care transitions and patient outcomes. According to a recent Trualta study, 30 days of Trualta use can decrease annual unexpected hospital visits among care recipients by 20%. ”

Care Transition 52

Care Transition Hospitals Integration Healthcare 52

Home Health Care

MAY 25, 2022

For a while now, home care giant BrightStar Care has gone above and beyond the standard franchise model. It introduced senior living communities into its network to assist seniors with their care transitions while maintaining those clients. BrightStar has always had its medical staffing segment, too.

Home Care 106

Home Care Care Transition Medicare Hospitals 106

NCQA

JUNE 27, 2023

Measuring and Improving Performance: Organizations perform continuous quality improvement of their LTSS program and identify actionable steps to improve care for their members. Care Transitions: Individuals receiving LTSS experience smooth and safe transitions between care settings.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Care Transition Quality Improvement Regulations 52

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Streamlining Care and Empowering Providers WellSky envisions integrating AI tools into their solutions to automate repetitive tasks, freeing up valuable time for human interaction and personalized care.

Care Transition 52

Care Transition Healthcare Innovation Accountability Medicare 52

HIT Consultant

APRIL 10, 2023

What You Should Know: – AristaMD , a digital healthcare company specializing in eConsult and referral management services, today announced the launch of a unified care transition platform.

Care Transition 98

Care Transition Primary Care Integration Healthcare 98

Home Health Care

JUNE 6, 2023

The survey also found that over 44% of respondents say that delayed or poorly managed care transitions have had a negative effect on individuals receiving care at their organizations. Only 14% of respondents said that this had very little impact on care recipients.

Care Transition 78

Care Transition Hospitals 78

NASHP

MARCH 1, 2024

rebalancing spending to improve access to home and community-based services, improving care transitions, or encouraging greater care coordination) Innovative oversight approaches for Medicare/Medicaid integrated models What’s In It for States?

Medicaid 80

Medicaid Care Transition Medicare Integration 80

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 12, 2021

. – Through Bamboo Health’s actionable insights across the entire continuum of care, ACOs and community care providers can tap into patient ADT information to improve care quality by supporting safe care transitions and greater visibility into post-discharge referral patterns.

Medicare 52

Medicare Care Transition Accountable Care Accountability 52

HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

. – Using data analytics to drive high-touch, high-impact outreach to the most at-risk individuals, Wayspring’s SUD home model delivers community-based peer support, behavioral health services, and primary care.

Care Transition 52

Care Transition Primary Care Hospitals 52

Readiness Rounds

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Negatives Where there is much room for improvement is in the responsiveness of hospital staff (65% average HCAHPS score), communication about medications (61%), the quietness of the hospital environment (62%), and the patient’s care transitions (51%). Plus many more strategies.

Care Transition 52

Care Transition Patient Safety Patient Experience Hospitals 52

NCQA

JUNE 28, 2024

NCQA LTSS Distinction standards require MCOs t o identi fy individuals who might be susceptible to unplanned care transitions, which may entail reassessing the service plan. (S States must review person-centered service plans every 12 months for 90% of individuals continuously enrolled in their HCBS program.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Regulations Care Transition Primary Care 52

Home Health Care

MAY 26, 2022

SCAN will merge TRG with its home-based care program – HealthCHEC – in order to form Homebase Medical, which will serve SCAN Health Plan members and, for the first time, members of other health plans.

Home Care 110

Home Care Primary Care Care Transition Medicare 110

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

– The I-PASS handoff bundle enables industry-leading health organizations to rapidly adopt and implement a common language for care transitions across specialties and continuum of services. Increased Inclusion of Handoff Data Elements.

Integration 52

Integration Patient Safety Care Transition Prevention 52

Bill Of Health

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Code § 1396n and apply for § 1115 waivers identified as supportive of substance use prevention or treatment and care transitions for incarcerated persons.

Rehabilitation 120

Rehabilitation Care Transition Prevention Medicaid 120

Briggs Healthcare

AUGUST 18, 2022

This may improve care transitions between acute-care and post-acute care facilities. Why participate?

Nursing 52

Nursing Care Transition Healthcare 52

Home Health Care

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The market remains deeply fragmented, rooted in fee-for-service models that put the burden of finding and navigating care squarely on the shoulders of the people who need help the most.” Thompson noted the capabilities of Care Transitions – formerly naviHealth – as well as Optum’s HouseCalls program, which also delivers on over 2.5

Home Care 113

Home Care Care Transition Hospitals Primary Care 113

Briggs Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The following protocols are available: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Active Infection Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile and Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), Candida auris Making Healthcare Safer IV: Computerized Clinical Decision Support To Prevent (..)

Patient Safety 40

Patient Safety Healthcare Care Transition Prevention 40

Home Health Care

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Tarrah Lowry, COO, Trustbridge / Empath Health Christine McMichael, executive director, Hospice & Palliative Care Federation of Massachusetts Mark Morse, CEO, Enclara Pharmacia Mary Myers, retired president, Johns Hopkins Home Care Group John Olajide, CEO, Axxess, Bob Parker, chief clinical officer, Kindful Health Susan Ponder-Stansel, CEO Alivia (..)

Home Care 73

Home Care Care Transition Integration Healthcare 73

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 15, 2021

By connecting Oak Street Health with thousands of healthcare organizations and providers across the continuum of care and the country, we can help them receive the critical patient information they need, when they need it, to improve care transitions.”.

Urgent Care 52

Urgent Care Primary Care Care Transition Patient Experience 52

Home Health Care

MAY 4, 2022

And the post-acute transitions program that Aetna is rolling out next year is one of the key reasons it’s also focused on home health care. “We’re

Primary Care 125

Primary Care Medicare Care Transition Home Care 125

Home Health Care

JUNE 21, 2023

Broadly, conveners are the middlemen between home-based care providers and MA plans. naviHealth – now Care Transitions – is also owned by Optum. That’s where most of the conversations and negotiations have started for Integrated Home Care Services, according to CEO Chris Bradbury.

Home Care 74

Home Care Care Transition Integration 74

Home Health Care

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Achieving smooth coordination between home-based care and other health care settings, such as hospitals and nursing homes, is critical yet complex due to the need for seamless care transitions and clear communication.

Regulations 89

Regulations Care Transition Telemedicine Patient Safety 89

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 24, 2022

In turn, this will streamline processes for both staff of HTA and members receiving care. The other Pings use cases include enabling more informed care encounters, increasing member engagement, and providing real-time visibility into care transitions.

Integration 52

Integration Medicare Care Transition Patient Experience 52

Home Health Care

JULY 13, 2023

AlayaCare names new chief revenue officer Home-based care technology company AlayaCare announced that Chris Hare has joined the company’s executive leadership team as chief revenue officer. “AlayaCare’s distinct opportunity is to lead that charge in being the partner of choice in North America and globally.

Home Care 93

Home Care Care Transition Healthcare Integration 93

Healthcare Leadership

MARCH 19, 2023

Patient Perspectives on Care Transitions From Hospital to Home”, JAMA Network Open , 6 May 2022, [link] , accessed 19 March 2023 “Hospital discharge planning hinges on good communication”, Healthy Debate , 6 June 2017, [link] , accessed 19 March 2023 Minemyer, Paige.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Care Transition Patient Experience Home Care 52