Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) were signed into law. These sections allowed then Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, and Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) Administrator, Donald Burwick, to create and provide funding through Medicare for a dual program to reduce hospital readmissions and transition care services. Since its founding, PfP has been quietly collaborating with many other federal agencies and offices to reduce readmissions

Danielle Pace July 18, 2015 Volunteering at Nursing Home My project relates to the course objectives twelve and seven this is because it talks about inclusion, in which all types of diversity are respected, appreciated, and valued in America. As well as the vital role of the people in creating and maintaining a society through voluntarism and civic engagement, a role that can complement and replace the role of the government ensuring the well-being of society. Civic engagement involves “working

Opportunities through Education by 2015, n.d.). Approximately 30% of the high-school students drop out in this mainly rural area with a flat population growth (Economic Opportunities through Education by 2015, n.d.). CRH’s MH unit provides psychiatric services to adults 18 years and older. Most patients have either psychosis or thoughts of hurting themselves or others. Between 2013 and 2014, readmission rates within 30 days on CRH’s MH unit rose slightly more than 2%. Many repeat patients were non-compliant

Research Project number (40930800). (1) How does incorrect patient information impact a claim? Responsible coder collects post and manages account payments, submitting claims and keeping in touch with insurance companies. If patient information is coded incorrectly or incomplete it could leave an impact that can be brought to a claim. Inaccuracy in patient information can leads to denials, none payment and investigation. It is important to get all the details right by verifying insurance coverage

another facility. With shorter stays in the hospital setting, the recovery at home requires increased nursing and caregiver interventions. Based on statistics published by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the rate for readmission, within the first 30 days of discharge, in 2012, for Medicare FFS (Fee-for-service) beneficiaries, averaged 18.4 percent (Gerhardt et al., 2013). Throughout this paper, readmission refers to a “return hospitalization to an acute hospital following a prior

The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is a healthcare program created by president Obama’s administration. The goal of the Affordable Care Act is to make sure every United States citizen has health insurance. The Affordable Care Act provides “affordable” health insurance plans to citizens that do not have any and make about $15,000 a year. While the idea of providing health insurance to the millions of American’s that cannot afford it is great, everything comes at a cost. According to Emily Miller

HealthSouth Rehabilitation - Bridging the gap HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Plano, Texas is an 83-bed rehabilitation hospital designed to meet the rehabilitation needs of the community in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. In a phone interview with Heather McBride, OTR, Director of Quality and Risk Management at HealthSouth, I was able to discuss some current issues facing this type of facility. One thing I learned without a doubt is there is a definite need for this facility as

Samaritan Society created an online learning center. The learning center regulates the requirements held by the Good Samaritan Society as well as specific state requirements for staff training. The staff development coordinator at each facility monitors the online learning center to ensure that staff are completing the necessary modules and courses. Staff are paid for the time spent on development, but they are required to complete the online learning center requirements on days that they are not scheduled

A Survey On Health Records’ Security And Privacy Maintenance In Hospitals Team Name:Privacy Guards Instructor: Dr. Kambiz Ghazinour Students’ names: Bhargavi Belathur Ramalingaiah, Divya Tadesera, Bharath Bhushan Reddy Goulla, Manvitha Nellore, Rajesh Reddy. University: Kent State University, City: Kent, State: Ohio Course: Data Security and Privacy Abstract—We have done a survey in five hospitals and collected the information that how secure the health record privacy of every patients

Project Outcome Unsurprisingly, the massive project with poor communications ended in a crash of epic proportions on the launch date of 1 October 2013. The website went live on a day that, ironically enough, was marked with a government shutdown. The website went the same way as the government and quite working as soon as it was launched. Users reported attempting to register more than 40 times without any luck, only to have the website return an error message (Ford, 2013). The website launch was