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How to Keep Patients Satisfied — and Raise Your Patient Satisfaction Scores

Relias

Patient experience is directly tied to patient retention, reimbursement, and in many cases, better patient outcomes. As a result, many organizations continuously look for new ways to improve their patient satisfaction as efficiently and effectively as possible. How can you raise your patient satisfaction scores?

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Healthcare Compliance for New Providers: Getting Started

American Medical Compliance

More importantly, it enhances the overall quality of patient care. After all, a safe workplace contributes to better staff performance and higher patient satisfaction. For example, CMS requires accurate and timely documentation of patient care to ensure proper billing and reimbursement.

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Discharge planning assessment tool

American Nurse

Shorten delays, improve safety, reduce costs Takeaways: Hospital discharge delays can result in patient safety issues, reduced patient satisfaction, and increased costs. An assessment tool that goes into effect at admission can help the patient and healthcare team prepare for discharge. See Steady improvement.)

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New Cognitive Battery Reliably Screens for MCI, Early AD in Primary Care Setting

Consult QD

Performance was found to be influenced primarily by age, education and race, and adjusted z-scores were developed to allow more accurate clinical interpretation. Study 5: Determining completion rates and patient satisfaction. In this demonstration project, the C3B was administered to 470 consecutive patients (mean age, 73.8

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What You Need To Know About Value-Based Payment Models

Relias

For example, less than 20% of Medicare spending is currently value-based. But momentum will continue, since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in 2021 that it plans to transition fully to value-based reimbursement by 2030. It was largely unsuccessful because it deprioritized quality and patient satisfaction.

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Section 1557 Compliance for Healthcare Providers by July 5, 2025 

American Medical Compliance

Medicare and Medicaid Participants : Entities receiving payments through these federal programs. It’s noteworthy that the 2024 Final Rule expanded the definition of covered entities to include providers receiving Medicare Part B payments, marking a significant shift from previous interpretations.

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What are physician assistants? Can they fix the doctor shortage?

Nursing Review

Physician assistants commonly complete postgraduate-level university education and a hands-on training program. They can competently undertake consultations , perform complex procedures , provide preventative health care , treat non-complex patients in the emergency department and provide a wide range of services in rural areas.