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What is Pre-Acute Care and Why Do We Need it?

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Pre-acute care may include preventive screenings, health education, and early intervention programs. It benefits healthcare organizations by decreasing the demand for acute care and improving patient outcomes. For example, a lack of housing, food, transportation, or education can lead to health problems over time.

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What is Pre-Acute Care and Why Do We Need it?

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Pre-acute care may include preventive screenings, health education, and early intervention programs. It benefits healthcare organizations by decreasing the demand for acute care and improving patient outcomes. For example, a lack of housing, food, transportation, or education can lead to health problems over time.

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Hospice Billing Compliance: The Latest PEPPER Updates

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PEPPER is a yearly report given to hospices, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation centers, and other U.S. healthcare providers. A CMS contractor who develops and distributes PEPPER — TMF Health Quality Institute — organizes and creates the report to monitor healthcare program integrity.

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

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But there is a particular educational tool that tends to fall under the radar of many healthcare organizations. Inpatient rehabilitation facilities. You can look at the PEPPER website’s user guide to see all target areas and a list of potential interventions for each. Home health agencies. Inpatient psychiatric facilities.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

I have always been passionate about criminal justice reform and lowering our country’s recidivism rate through rehabilitative practices. Working in the school system and having a field placement in a healthcare setting has allowed me to first-hand see how much of an impact I could make on children thanks to my education at UConn.