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Why Care Coordination Is Important for Home Health and Hospice Agencies

Relias

“One of the goals of the nationwide rollout of VBP is to integrate and coordinate care,” Salisbury-Sizemore said. Under the first performance year of VBP in 2023, home health agencies will be scored in part on the patient’s perception of their communication and team discussion.” Assessing communication and collaboration.

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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. The final 30% of the TPS is made up of five elements of the HHCAHPS survey: Professional care. Communication. Toilet hygiene. Toilet transferring. Bed transferring. Ambulation. Team discussion.

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CQC delivers initial verdict on council adults’ services under new assurance system

Community Care

Lack of workforce strategies Against the backdrop of longstanding concerns about social care staffing shortages , the CQC found very few councils had published workforce strategies, with even fewer having plans that covered the entire health and social care system.