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£200m for NHS to buy short-term care placements to speed up discharge

Community Care

Integrated care boards (ICBs) will be able to use the money to buy beds in care homes or other settings for up to four weeks in order to speed up hospital discharges, freeing up beds to admit people stuck in accident and emergency departments. NHS to get most of £500m winter adult social care funding.

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Care home discharge plan risks inappropriate placements and neglects causes of crisis – sector

Community Care

Government plans for the NHS to discharge people from hospitals to care homes risk inappropriate placements and neglect the root causes of the acute pressures on the health service. “We must recognise that long-term, sustainable investment is needed in primary and community based care and support and for family carers.”

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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. Routine or continuous home care provided in an assisted living facility. What Is the PEPPER? healthcare providers. Some of these target areas include: Lengthy stays.

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