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Xiaoling Xiang Awarded Grant from Administration for Community Living

Michigan Social Work

Associate Professor Xiaoling Xiang is the principal investigator of a recently-funded federal grant from the Administration for Community Living’s National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.

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Hospice Billing Compliance: The Latest PEPPER Updates

Relias

PEPPER is a yearly report given to hospices, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation centers, and other U.S. Jurisdictional or Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC). What Is the PEPPER? healthcare providers. PEPPER provides each hospice organization’s paid Medicare claims for the last three fiscal years.

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Post-Acute Care Training Promotes Employees as an Asset

Relias

Administrators are in a position to recognize their staff’s value and foster a work environment that attracts employees and keeps them coming back. It is probably no surprise to you that your post-acute care (PAC) organization’s biggest asset is its employees.

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Understanding the PEPPER Can Reduce Home Health and Skilled Nursing Audit Risks

Relias

The PEPPER gives your organization a snapshot of your case mix, coding, and billing practices and compares you to other providers in the nation, Medicare Administrative Contractor jurisdiction, and state. Inpatient rehabilitation facilities. The report is available for the following facilities: Skilled nursing facilities.

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Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care for Juvenile Offenders

Relias

To help professionals in this system, let’s explore the intersection of rehabilitation and mental health and cover the keys to providing trauma-informed care for juvenile offenders. Why trauma-informed care for juvenile offenders is important The juvenile justice system has a high number of youth with behavioral health issues.

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DHSC rejects experts’ plan to curb ‘inhumane’ solitary confinement of disabled people in hospital

Community Care

This was a ” a restrictive practice used for containment”, which was “invariably harmful, leading to far-reaching difficulties in any rehabilitation from the confinement. “Solitary confinement is toxic, inhuman and degrading and frequently in breach of international and domestic law and guidance,” it said.

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Why You Shouldn’t Mix Alcohol and Caffeine  

Gateway Foundation

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent out communications to four businesses in 2010 informing them that the use of caffeine in their alcoholic malt products was considered unsafe and could result in the seizure of their goods. Examples of Caffeine and Alcohol.