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Here's another reason to emphasize influenza vaccination in long-term care: Last year, vaccination prevented an estimated 44,000 flu-related hospitalizations among older people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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As attention focuses on preventing readmissions, hospitals must improve their internal processes and forge relationships with post-acute providers.
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Duke Raleigh Hospital participates in a community-wide collaborative of hospitals and post-acute providers but also has developed close relationships with individual skilled nursing facilities.
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As we have discussed in prior months, hospitals that are participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs meaning that they receive reimbursement from Medicare and/or Medicaid are required to participate in Medicare's "Conditions of Participation" (CoP).
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Filling case management vacancies can be challenging, and directors often have to decide whether to recruit nurses with no experience, or experienced case managers with the mindset of their previous employer.
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With diminished funding for mental health (MH) services in Pennsylvania, patients with MH or substance use concerns have been presenting to area EDs.
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In today's complicated healthcare arena, new case managers need a strong educational program to learn all the components of the job.
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Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Center's heart failure disease management program reduced readmissions for heart failure by 49%.
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