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Bouncebacks from SNFs: How one health system is making progress

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A struggle for enough staffing When the federal government launched the readmission penalty program in 2013, staff with OSF HealthCare knew their readmission rates fueled by bouncebacks from SNFs were running between 18% and 25%. It also has a 30-day readmission rate that’s dramatically below what it used to be.

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GeriPal Special: Hopes and Worries for Hospice and Palliative Care

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The company has expanded its palliative care services through partnerships with hospitals and other managed care providers, according to AccentCare CEO Stephan Rodgers. We need good nurse practitioners. We’ve got a very large palliative care practice,” Rodgers told PCN. Attendee 13: I am worried about workforce shortage.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

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So that’s one, this patient-centered geriatric assessment and management approach. JAMA IM 2013, you had a paper that showed what, 300, $400. And especially those cost and return on investment evaluations are even more important I think today than perhaps in the past. Eric: And you’ve done that, right?

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