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Hospice Billing Compliance: The Latest PEPPER Updates

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The Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report, or PEPPER, contains valuable information to help your hospice organization identify billing issues and prevent improper payment audits. The provider-specific PEPPER analyzes Medicare data and statistics from discharges and services compared with every hospice nationwide.

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Addressing Workplace Violence in Post-Acute Care

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The incidents were not isolated, with 9% of nurses in skilled nursing experiencing workplace violence every week, 6% in long-term care, 3% in home health, 2% in assisted living, and 2% in hospice care. 51% of nurses in hospice care reported verbal abuse, and 14% reported physical assault or abuse.

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

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Inpatient rehabilitation facilities. This report can help organizations identify potential overpayments as well as potential underpayments. The report is available for the following facilities: Skilled nursing facilities. Home health agencies. Inpatient psychiatric facilities. Long‐term acute care hospitals. Partial hospitalization programs.

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Post-Acute Care Training Promotes Employees as an Asset

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Some of these training opportunities relate directly to care and may encompass: Activities of daily living Changes related to aging Special needs Individual rights Ethical issues Effective communication Managing challenging family situations Plans for care Special procedures Infection control Medication administration and assistance Recreational activities (..)

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Future-Proof Your Workforce: Post-Acute Care Reskilling and Upskilling

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Leaders in assisted living, skilled nursing, home health, rehab therapy, wound care, and hospice know you can’t hire all the skills your organization will need tomorrow and in the future. The speed of change in healthcare requires post-acute care organizations to take a different approach to job preparedness.

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