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Leveraging Personal Health Nurses to Connect the Dots Across the Care Continuum

HIT Consultant

These individuals are then assigned a personal health nurse (PHN) who acts as a partner in the employee’s health journey. PHNs are registered nurses who take a holistic approach to improving an individual’s health challenges.

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Georgia Nursing Home Settles to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Therapy Services

Healthcare Compliance Blog

In a March 11, 2022, release by the Northern District of Georgia’s Office of the Department of Justice, it was reported that an investigation determined a Georgia nursing home knowingly submitted claims for unreasonable, unnecessary, and unskilled services for Medicare patients. This amount was based on the nursing home’s ability to pay.

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Five Individuals and Two Nursing Facilities Indicted on Healthcare Fraud Charges

Med-Net Compliance

Five individuals and two for-profit skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in Pennsylvania were indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and related healthcare fraud charges. The post Five Individuals and Two Nursing Facilities Indicted on Healthcare Fraud Charges appeared first on Med-Net.

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Health Care Real Estate Briefing: Senior Housing Market Data Released | Skilled Nursing Facility Portfolios Trade Hands

Hall Render

Finally, a number of skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) portfolios traded hands. CMS is in the process of creating a rule establishing minimum staffing requirements for SNFs per Skilled Nursing News. The LTV for new construction projects is 60-65% per Skilled Nursing News.

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Telehealth after dark: health systems can relieve clinician workload through nighttime virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Nurses, too, can be stressed by the decision to wake up a physician, leading to decreased job satisfaction and decreased comfort managing complex patients. In 2014, she explained, Providence, a Catholic health system encompassing more than 51 hospitals in the western United States, created the telehospitalist program.

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Navigating Policy Challenges in Healthcare: Centralized Management for Compliance and Efficiency

Healthcare Blog

Nurses and other healthcare employees must access, read, and follow healthcare policies when caring for patients. Nursing and other healthcare employees Nurses and other healthcare workers depend on these policies, along with the computer software of hospitals and healthcare organizations.

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DOJ charges four in $37M global telehealth fraud scheme

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

According to the indictment , starting in May 2014 the defendants and their co-conspirators allegedly used telehealth to generate prescriptions for compounded medications and durable medical equipment, regardless of medical necessity.

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