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How to Keep Patients Satisfied — and Raise Your Patient Satisfaction Scores

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Healthcare organizations receive scores from the HCAHPS survey , which according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is “the first national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients’ perspectives of hospital care.” The data is then tabulated to create the HCAHPS score.

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Care Coordination: The Key to Improving Patient Outcomes

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It involves communicating and collaborating with patients, their families, and their health care teams to ensure that the patient’s needs and preferences are met and that the best possible outcomes are achieved. Improved patient satisfaction : Improve patient satisfaction by enhancing patient engagement, empowerment, and education.

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Planning for Medicaid Unwinding in 2023

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A concern of advocates, including NASW, is that individuals and families will lose coverage because of lack of communication with recipients to verify income. These communication barriers may lead to loss of health care coverage for families that continue to meet eligibility requirements.

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Home Health Referrals: Grow Your Network

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For Medicare claims, you already track care quality and report it to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Those quality ratings appear on Medicare’s Care Compare website and inform prospective clients how well you’re achieving positive outcomes. Improve Your Quality Ratings.

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Behind the Poor Pay and High Turnover Rates of Direct Support Professionals

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Because CMS is a federal agency, community providers cannot simply raise their prices or shift costs to create higher DSP wages. Individual states determine provider rates and must include these rates in their state’s Medicaid Plan, which is ultimately reviewed by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS).

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12 Days of Compliance Countdown

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‘Tis the season for evaluating training programs and checking everything twice to make sure you’re on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ and The Joint Commission’s nice lists. Fostering employee engagement can increase retention and help keep your organization in compliance.

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Maximizing Healthcare Reimbursement Through Higher Patient Satisfaction Scores

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Medicare payment systems link patient satisfaction scores with reimbursement rates, making quality patient care a primary determinant of an organization’s viability and motivating healthcare administrators to implement patient satisfaction strategies. Professional development opportunities also increase employee engagement.