Post-Acute Care

 

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Recent weeks of surging COVID-19 cases in Texas have strained the state’s health care system. In response, post-acute care hospitals are forging closer relationships with their referral partners to optimize resources needed to treat COVID-19-positive and medically complex recovering COVID-19…
On June 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its calendar year 2021 proposed rule for the home health prospective payment system. Comments on the proposed rule are due to CMS by Aug. 24.
The Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014 was enacted, in part, to develop a unified payment model for the post-acute care (PAC) field, recognizing that payment needed to be modernized for the four PAC settings – home health (HH) agencies, skilled nursing facilities…
On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, and our clinician partners – including 3,000 post-acute care providers, the American Hospital Association (AHA) writes in support of resetting the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (…
Resources from the LTCH PPS: Proposed Rule FY 2021 member call held June 10, 2020. Listen to the call below. View the presentation slides and Regulatory Advisory under key resources.   Listen to the LTCH PPS: Proposed Rule FY 2021 member call.
Stat Blog: Partnerships Provide Better Patient Access to Post-acute Care Advancing Health Podcast: Acute and Post-acute Care Providers Join Forces Stat Blog: Provide Better Care by Embracing Changes in Rehabilitation
President Trump today submitted to Congress his budget request for fiscal year 2021.
As part of National Rehabilitation Week, the AHA Advancing Health podcast focuses on partnerships between acute care hospitals and post-acute care facilities.
As part of National Rehabilitation Week, Jason Bernd, president and COO of Novant Health Charlotte Orthopedic Hospital in North Carolina, writes about the value of strong partnerships with post-acute providers to improve coordination of care, lower costs and improve outcomes for patients.