Community Care

MARCH 17, 2025

In response, Baroness Merron stated that the number of people with a learning disability and autistic people in mental health hospitals is indeed unacceptable. The bill does not provide any reforms aimed at addressing the position of children placed on adult mental health wards and those placed in hospitals out of area.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

Patient is located in their home (which is a location other than a hospital or other facility where the patient receives care in a private residence) when receiving health services or health related services through telecommunication technology. The Place of Service Code Set can also be found on the CMS website.

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Telehealth Medicare Medicaid Clinical Social Work 72

Community Care

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Regulations require them to consult the relevant local authority before making a decision about a person’s eligibility and to co-operate with the council about arranging for its staff, such as a social worker, to participate in the MDT. ICBs are responsible for determining eligibility for CHC.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) is certain to be delayed again, with the government yet to consult on how to put the scheme into practice. “We were given a realistic expectation of consultation. Spring to summer consultation – it’s now winter. Regulations can then take up to 40 days to become law.

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Community Care

MARCH 8, 2022

Under draft guidance published for consultation last week, the DHSC said a number of “trailblazer” local authorities would implement funding reform early to test their impact. ” Duty to consult carers before discharge reinserted. It is vital to uphold this amendment and ensure that it remains in the bill.

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Community Care

APRIL 5, 2023

From March to July 2022, the Department of Health and Social Care and the Welsh Government ran a public consultation on their proposed policy and implementation plans for the LPS. Urgent authorisations, which allow hospitals and care homes to deprive people of liberty for up to two weeks, will also remain in place.

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Hospitals Consultation Government Healthcare 55

Community Care

MARCH 31, 2022

However, ministers made a concession on another amendment by peers, which would have required NHS bodies to consult current or prospective carers of hospital patients before hospital discharge to determine whether they are willing and able to provide care, where they have safety concerns around discharge.

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KVC

DECEMBER 8, 2021

But when she came to KVC Hospitals, she received comprehensive medical and psychiatric treatment. KVC Hospitals Commemorates 30 Years of Hope, Healing and Life-Changing Treatment. KVC Hospitals Kansas City is commemorating 30 years of providing compassionate psychiatric treatment to youth to help them heal. Read it now.

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Psychiatric Foster Care Hospitals Adoption 52

Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 12, 2023

I’ve worked as a lecturer in medical school, a trainer of nurses in rural South Africa, and — since immigrating to Canada — a public health consultant with Indigenous communities. I had zero mental health issues for the first fifty-plus years of my life… Q: When did you first experience bipolar disorder?

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Community Care

JUNE 14, 2022

The NHS remains “heavily reliant” on inappropriate out-of-area mental health hospital placements despite a government target to eliminate them by March 2021, psychiatrist leaders have warned. The organisation’s 2021 census found that about a tenth of consultant psychiatrist posts were not filled.

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Healthcare Mental Health Psychiatry Hospitals 71

Relias

MARCH 15, 2022

“In today’s HR environment, with obstacles in recruitment and retention of staff, as well as the rapid expansion of technology, we will see an increase in outsourcing opportunities,” predicts John Woerly, RHIA, CHAM, FHAM, an Indianapolis-based revenue cycle consultant. There are some caveats, however. Aligning With Revenue Cycle Vendors.

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Hospitals Healthcare Medicaid Consultation 52

Social Work Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

Owner of Change Your Narrative consulting and training practice, Nancy S. Whether social workers use books, poetry, and writing exercises with individual clients in individual therapy, with groups of nursing home residents, or patients in a hospital setting, the possibilities are endless.

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Social Worker Domestic Violence LCSW Nursing Home 59

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

Also: You know all those stories claiming there was an increase in hospital admissions for abusive head trauma? In Virginia, write Valerie L’Herrou of the Virginia Poverty Law Center and consultant Esther Sherrard are urging the state and county-run child welfare systems to adopt a high-quality interdisciplinary defense model.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

and currently serves as a senior IT consultant and change management specialist for a major health care provider. She stepped into the corporate sector in 2008, taking on a role as a career development program manager for a major technology company, after serving as a hospital-based individual and group therapist.

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Relias

AUGUST 5, 2022

He currently serves in a principal role in the Solutions Group at Relias, where he provides a clinical voice for post-acute healthcare through consulting, sales and marketing support, publishing, and public speaking. Incredibly, both twins continued to grow and develop, first at home, and then in the hospital after they reached 22 weeks.

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Patient Safety Healthcare Hospitals Communication 52

Community Care

APRIL 13, 2023

This was on the grounds that it would weaken the existing safeguards provided by the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), within care homes and hospitals, and Court of Protection authorisations in other settings. By reducing the number of assessments required from six under DoLS to three under LPS.

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Government Consultation Hospitals Advocacy 48

Community Care

MARCH 18, 2022

The draft updated Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice, was published for public consultation on 17 March. Consultation ends on 4 July. The arrangements provide for the person to receive care or treatment mainly in an independent hospital. By Tim Spencer-Lane, legal editor, CC Inform. The meaning of deprivation of liberty.

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Community Care

JANUARY 19, 2023

In response, the joint committee made the following recommendations: The government should review the Building the Right Support action plan, designed to reduce the number of people with learning disabilities and autistic people in hospital, in light of the proposals in the draft bill.

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Relias

JULY 4, 2023

Many hospitals and health systems are facing revenue shortages that threaten their resources and financial stability. These services can include hospital management, healthcare monitoring and improvement, and medical record-keeping. If left unchecked, these issues can create revenue shortages for hospitals and health systems.

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Healthcare Clinic Hospitals Interventional 52

Relias

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Claim denials cause revenue loss at a time when hospitals are facing a serious financial crisis. This can cause a reduced cash flow, which can cause an organization to have a harder time paying bills and meeting their financial obligations,” said Andrew Hajde, CMPE, director of content and consulting at MGMA.

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Healthcare Hospitals Medicare Clinic 10

Community Care

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The government’s response to the consultation on the draft revised Mental Capacity Act code of practice, including provisions for implementing the Liberty Protection Safeguards , the successor to the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

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Community Care

JULY 25, 2024

A former hospital doctor, he was the regulator’s first chief inspector of hospitals from 2013 until his retirement in 2017. The DHSC said that, on the back of the interim report: The CQC has appointed Professor Sir Mike Richards to review its assessment frameworks.

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Relias

MARCH 4, 2024

Regression in behavioral progress could lead to emergency room visits and hospitalizations – two scenarios that are obviously undesirable. Caregiver Consultations – For caregivers who cannot deliver services directly to clients, they may benefit from training and consultation with a behavior analyst.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

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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Medicare Hospitals Medicaid Healthcare 52

Community Care

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The ombudsman also criticised the level of communication provided by Miss X’s then social worker, who went a month without contacting her, including a week in which she went without overnight care between two of a succession of hospital admissions.

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Relias

AUGUST 30, 2023

Hospital or post-acute facility : When clients are in a hospital or post-acute facility, it’s typically due to an injury or illness that could induce traumatic stress. As such, practitioners in these environments need to know the signs of depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other mental health conditions that may arise.

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Psychology Healthcare Mental Health Case Management 52

Relias

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The healthcare revenue cycle is important for every hospital and healthcare practice. Underpayment recoveries: Becker’s Hospital CFO Report estimates that hospitals fail to collect 2% to 5% of net patient revenue. Days in receivables outstanding (DRO): DRO tracks the average number of days it takes to collect payments.

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Healthcare Recovery Hospitals Adoption 52

Community Care

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In return for £400m in additional cash for 2023-24, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) expects councils to take action in relation to any one of reducing waiting times, addressing workforce shortages, tackling delayed discharges from hospital or improving fee rates for providers.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2023

However, large technology investments aren’t always realistic in the near term when hospitals and health systems are struggling financially. 8 – Identify processes to centralize Banner Health’s revenue cycle department centralized all pre-service functions for hospital and ambulatory scheduled services.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2023

However, large technology investments aren’t always realistic in the near term when hospitals and health systems are struggling financially. 8 – Identify processes to centralize Banner Health’s revenue cycle department centralized all pre-service functions for hospital and ambulatory scheduled services.

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Healthcare Administration Medicaid Hospitals 52

Relias

APRIL 27, 2023

“Turnover and new hires in positions ranging from front desk to billers, coders, and collections often lead to revenue cycle errors and upfront denials,” said Andrew Hajde, CMPE, Director of Content and Consulting at MGMA. Codes changed in 2023 for emergency, observation, and inpatient hospital services.

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R.E.A.L. Social Workers

JANUARY 13, 2022

The same compassion that caused me to cry for help for those baby birds, is the same compassion that caused me to advocate for a client who was strung out and needing hospitalization. Now she was physically sick and needed to go to a hospital. She could call me when she got to the hospital and I would come. She was sick.

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Hospitals Case Management Mental Health Consultation 52

Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In several cases, these were carried out by external consultants, who validated the provider data against existing models for calculating the costs of care. per hour for home care; A southern county identified a potential gap of £223 to £290 in care home rates though suggested this might be an overestimate.

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Community Care

AUGUST 18, 2023

Section 117 places a duty on health authorities and local social services authorities to provide aftercare services for people who have left hospital following compulsory detention for treatment for mental disorder under the MHA (for example, under section 3). What does section 117 say?

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KVC

MARCH 1, 2021

It is called the Foster Care Adoption Resource Services, Training and Consultation (FCARSTC) program. KVC’s services include in-home family support, foster care, adoption, behavioral healthcare, and children’s psychiatric hospitals. Through this grant, KVC Missouri is training adults who wish to become foster or adoptive parents.

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Community Care

APRIL 28, 2022

The review found this conclusion was “profoundly influenced” by a report from a consultant community paediatrician, who found that Child Au was “well cared for” though “developmentally behind”. The parents did so, but they then waited to several hours to take her to A&E, rather than doing so immediately as the doctor advised.

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Social Worker Self-harm Interventional Consultation 60

Community Care

APRIL 28, 2023

While ADASS is not signed up to every dot and comma of the report – produced by policy consultants Anna Dixon and Kate Jopling – it supports the broad thrust of its agenda of a shift to a more personalised, accessible and fair adult social care system. We want a shift from the dominant narrative around hospital discharge.

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