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Extra £200m for social care in council settlement ‘wholly inadequate’, warn sector heads

Community Care

This is the same as the allocation for 2024-25, made up of the 2.1bn improved BCF grant which can be used by councils to meet adult social care needs, help reduce pressures on the NHS and speed up hospital discharge and 0.5bn dedicated to supporting hospital discharge. The MHCLG has launched a consultation on this reform.

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What Does KVC Stand For?

KVC

KVC’s Positive Impact Grows Nationally During the 1980-90s, KVC grew to represent one of the broadest child welfare and behavioral healthcare continuums of care in the nation. This made it possible for KVC to meet the needs of any child and family, extending all the way to inpatient children’s mental health hospitals when needed.

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Cost of care analyses show councils lack funding to pay providers fair price, warn directors

Community Care

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) issued the warning after councils published the results of costs of care exercises they were required to undertake by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) by 1 February. per hour gap for home care but suggested there was no gap for nursing home fees.

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Law to bolster child protection announced in Labour’s first King’s Speech

Community Care

The Labour manifesto said this would set fair pay, terms and conditions, along with training standards, for care staff, and would be based on consultation with trade unions and providers. This bill is a chance to strengthen people’s rights, choice, and control when they’re being treated in a mental health hospital. ”

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KVC Health Systems Launches KVC Missouri and Names New President

KVC

Whether a family needs support in their own home or during out-of-home care, KVC is driven to seek diverse perspectives, work inclusively, bridge gaps, and add capacity to meet needs.”. It is called the Foster Care Adoption Resource Services, Training and Consultation (FCARSTC) program.

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Home Health Agencies Face Growing Competition as Value-Based Purchasing Expands Nationally

Relias

It’s a zero-sum game,” said SimiTree Director of Operations Consulting John Rabbia, PT, PT, MS, MBA, COS-C, at the Relias webinar. Claims-based measures make up 35% of the TPS and are based on acute-care hospitalizations in the first 60 days of care and emergency department use without hospitalization in the first 60 days of care.

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Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

Relias

Since agencies can’t bill for time that clinicians spend away from the front line, setting aside dedicated periods of regular care coordination may not happen regularly. But care coordination needs to be baked into the productivity standard at an agency,” said Laura Wilson, SimiTree Managing Director of Clinical Operations Consulting.

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