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Doing More with Less Affords Emergency Medical Services Agencies Challenges and Opportunities
By: James McLaughlin
Ute Pass Regional Health Service District (UPRHSD)
Ute Pass Regional Health Service District (UPRHSD) has provided emergency medical and ambulance transport services to portions of Teller, Park, Douglas, and El Paso Counties for nearly 40 years. However, as the structure of health insurance has changed, the district has seen a decline in revenue with increased demands. This meant our agency was being asked to do more every year with fewer resources.
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A Mainstay for the Unmoored: Anchor Center for Blind Children
By: Stephanie Spriggs
Grant Writer and Report Specialist, CIVHC
The American Federation for the Blind estimates that in 2013, Colorado had 108,599 visually impaired or blind residents and 1,409 were under the age of five. Anchor Center for Blind Children in Denver is teaching these young, visually impaired children how to orient themselves in the world and helping their families learn how best to support them.
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Community Paramedics Curb Hospital Readmissions and Non-Emergent 9-1-1 Use
Journal of Emergency Medical Services
Mobile integrated healthcare and community paramedicine (MIH-CP) is making significant strides in areas across the United States. A pilot in Alameda County, CA is working to reduce 30-day readmission rates and frequent, repetitive utilization of EMS resources for non-emergencies.
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Attributes Common to Programs That Successfully Treat High-Need, High-Cost Individuals
Authors: G
erard F. Anderson, PhD; Jeromie Ballreich, MHS; Sara Bleich, PhD; Cynthia Boyd, MD; Eva DuGoff, PhD; Bruce Leff, MD; Claudia Salzburg, PhD; and Jennifer Wolff, PhD
Many of the attempts to design programs for high-need, high-cost patients have been unable to achieve even 1 of the triple aims. This article examines the published literature, government reports, and reports by managed care organizations, hospitals, and physician groups to identify the commonalities of successful programs.
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Is Observation Status Substituting for Hospital Readmission?
Decreasing readmissions and increasing use of observation stays are trends that predate the Medicare readmission reimbursement penalties, but some are asking if observation stays are being used as a way to get around penalty-prone readmissions.
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Discharge Planning Proposed Rule Focuses on Patient Preferences
CMS introduced a proposed Discharge Planning rule that would focus on patient preferences. The rule would bring discharge planning requirements into alignment with current practice; help improve patient quality of care and outcomes; and reduce avoidable complications, adverse events, and readmissions.
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CMS Releases OPPS Rule For 2016, Finalizes Two-Midnight Changes: 10 Things to Know
By: Ayla Ellison, Nov 2015
Beckershospitalreview.com
CMS released its final 2016 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System. Here are 10 things to know about the two midnight rule and other modifications to CMS medical review.
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If you have mental health conditions, you probably work with more than one provider for your health care in more than one place. People transitioning between settings often need additional support. Resources for Integrated Care created the Care Transitions Toolkit for Persons with Mental Health Conditions to help before, during, or after a transition between care locations or providers.
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