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Risky business: Home sweet home or nursing home?

American Nurse

It saves money for Medicare and Medicaid, and it’s exactly what the people want. Five and a half years after first entering the facility, Rita passed away at the age of 104 on April 3, 2021. November 18, 2021. Balina highlighted the confluence of costs and care: “It has been proven again and again that this approach saves money.

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Leveling the Playing Field for Rural Health Providers

Health Leaders | Nursing

Hartl's business model is to establish relationships with local hospitals and communities, rather than just setting up a telemedicine platform and letting the chips fall where they may. of full-time NPs seeing Medicare patients and 82% seeing Medicaid patients. Medicare is about 46% and Medicaid is about 14%.

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Justice Department Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Home Health Agency Over PPP Loans

Healthcare Law Insights blog

How Medicaid Fraud Accusations Turned into PPP Loan False Statements In April of 2020, like many other healthcare providers, an Idaho-based home health agency applied for a PPP loan during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. million in PPP loans, much of which was forgiven by the Small Business Administration (SBA).

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Connecting the dots with cannabis care

American Nurse

Kim King Kim King, MSN, FNP-C, who consults on cannabis care through her business, Thrive to Care and Wellness Education Consulting, hopes to see cannabis education added to nursing program curricula in the next 5 years. We’ve got to educate all nurses, from LPNs to RNs to APRNs,” she said. It needs to go further,” she said.

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Cleveland Clinic’s Virtual Emergency Medicine Program: Treating the Right Patients in the Right Place

Consult QD

Origins and COVID-19 impact The program arose from Cleveland Clinic’s desire to leverage technology to make emergency care more accessible and from the healthcare system’s initial experience with a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services payment model called Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3). So we evolved to that model.”

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The Future of Hospital at Home

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Prior to the pandemic a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid pilot study yielded positive results with respect to hospital readmission rates and follow-up emergency department visits. A survey in September 2021 showed that patients who received ACHAH care were highly satisfied (88%) and were likely to recommend it to friends and family (85%).

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OSHA Re-opens Comment Period and Schedules Public Hearing on ETS – Occupational Exposure to COVID-19

Healthcare Law Insights blog

The Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 for healthcare and healthcare support service workers (OSHA Healthcare ETS) was originally published on June 21, 2021. Potential changes in the OSHA Healthcare ETS. OSHA is not considering mandating vaccines for employees.