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Severe Wound Care Is Shifting to Post-Acute Care

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Since 2016, fewer patients with severe wounds have received care in long-term care hospitals, and more patients have gone to less costly facilities like inpatient rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities. Building a wound care specialty can bring new clients to your business. billion in fiscal year 2016 to $2.01

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Wound Care Education Can Maximize PDPM Reimbursements

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In April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed a $320 million decrease in Medicare payments to skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2023. Building wound care expertise and maximizing your organization’s reimbursements through the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is now more essential than ever.

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Elevating Care Quality: The Role of Competency Assessments and Evaluations

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To ensure that employees are qualified at the time of hire and continue to develop their skills over time, post-acute care organizations must implement effective competency assessments and competency evaluations. Additionally, accrediting bodies emphasize the importance of competency verification as part of their quality standards.

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Partnering With Hospitals Can Boost SNF Referrals

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Increase patient volume “The reason to be in a preferred network, from an SNF’s perspective, is pure volume [of patients],” said Phyllis Wojtusik, RN, Executive Vice President of Health System Solutions for Real Time Medical Systems, during a Relias webinar. So volume is very important to them.”