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3 Key Tools to Help Your Hospital Limit Denials
August 08, 2023The regulatory environment continues to shift, impacting hospitals across the country. It is crucial to have the necessary tools and resources to avoid or limit the impacts brought on by these trends – specifically denials.
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Partnership’s Role in Achieving Hospital Financial Health Amid a Shifting Healthcare Landscape
August 01, 2023Health executives are making “guarded bets” heading into 2024 planning – as many hospitals are struggling to make long-term strategic plans while also having to tackle immediate needs caused by ongoing financial hurdles.1
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Why Partnership is at the Forefront of Hospital C-Suite Priorities
June 20, 2023Ongoing inflation concerns, rising clinical labor shortages and a looming recession have health leaders asking the question, “How can my hospital successfully navigate these challenges and come out stronger on the other side?”
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Case Study: Palomar Health Expands Critical Behavioral Healthcare to their Local Community
June 05, 2023As cases of behavioral health rise across the nation, hospitals are looking for a solution to help address this growing need all while remaining focused on their core service lines.
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CMS to Change SNF Staffing Mandate: How Your Hospital May be Impacted
May 31, 2023After years of suboptimal outcomes, CMS is on the verge of proposing new staffing mandates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). This mandate could cost SNFs upwards of $10 billion to maintain and could lead to a larger impact across the care continuum.
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Case Study: Tampa General Hospital and Lifepoint Rehabilitation
May 23, 2023Partnering with Lifepoint Health expanded the acute care rehabilitation service and care quality for Tampa General Hospital (TGH), providing the community with a new state-of-the-art facility, specialized expertise and aligned values.
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Infographic: Five Financial Benefits of Rehabilitation Partnership
May 12, 2023As financial strain continues to impact hospitals across the country, health leaders are seeking strategies to increase financial stability amid an ever-changing landscape. In doing so, a hospital can effectively obtain additional resources to provide high-quality care to the right patient, in the right care setting and at right time in their care journey.
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Three Flexible Partnership Structures Helping to Improve Care Quality and Outcomes
April 18, 2023When thinking about partnership structures, free-standing hospitals most often come to mind – but that is not always the case. In addition to the three most common hospital partnership models, there are additional structures in which partnerships can take form.
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Infographic: Benefits of Building Flexibility Into Your Hospital’s Long-term Plans
April 05, 2023As the medical complexity of patients in the U.S. continues to increase, it is important for providers to be flexible in their ability to respond to current and future patient needs. This has been proven to be especially vital as the COVID-19 public health emergency demonstrated the need for health systems to have flexible bed capacity and care models.
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Customizable Partnership Solutions Tailored to Unique Hospital Needs
March 13, 2023Partnership has become a leading strategy to efficiently improve quality while continuing to meet the needs of the growing medically complex patient population. While common, partnership is most often thought of in terms of joint-ventures but come in many shapes and sizes. Every hospital and community is different, and therefore a one-size-fits-all partnership strategy does not work.
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The Impact Prolonged Length of Stay has on Hospital Financial Performance
March 08, 2023At the end of 2022, 68% of hospitals were projected to operate at a financial loss due to barriers with inflation, rising operational costs and ongoing clinical labor shortages.1
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3 Steps to Help Optimize Your Hospital’s Rehabilitation Unit
January 25, 2023With greater emphasis being placed on care transitions and readmission rates, inpatient rehabilitation units have incredible potential to become high-performing centers of excellence that create greater patient access and enhance the performance of the entire hospital.
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Top Post-Acute Trends for 2023: Is Your Hospital Prepared?
December 20, 2022Determining a hospital’s strategic focus for the upcoming year can be challenging. From combating the ongoing workforce shortage and addressing chronic disease management to enhancing financial performance and hospital flexibility, there are often competing priorities.
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Two Trends Influencing Hospital Strategic Priorities for 2023
December 13, 2022For hospitals, 2022 was a year filled with uncertainty – labor was scarce, finances were strained and medical conditions became more complex. However, some of these challenges have not dwindled and are expected to continue into 2023.
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The importance of value-based care integration for hospital outcomes
August 18, 2022As more hospitals officially transition to the value-based care (VBC) model, health leaders are seeking strategies to help their hospital maintain optimal outcomes long-term.
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CMS 2023 Final Rule Recap: Its Impact on Your Rehabilitation Hospital
August 16, 2022The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System (IRF PPS), for fiscal year (FY) 2023. The payment rule will take effect for cost report periods beginning on or after October 1, 2022 for all rehabilitation units and freestanding hospitals.
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2 Ways Company Culture Can Help Your Hospital Hire and Retain Top Talent
August 01, 2022Hospital team members want an employer who holds similar values to their own, and maintains a positive reputation throughout their community.
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2 Key Factors Boosting Hospital Staff Recruitment and Retention
July 26, 2022Now more than ever, hospital team members are seeking an employer who invests in their employees. Hospitals that utilize specialized rehabilitation resources to maintain employee engagement, enhance skill sets and aid in setting a positive work-life balance continue to set themselves apart as employers of choice. However, gaining access to robust resources is challenging, leading many hospitals to seek partnership with a focused expert.
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Expected nursing home closures in 2022: Its impact on your hospital
July 11, 2022Over 300 nursing homes have closed since the beginning of the pandemic, and roughly 400 more are projected to close this year, according to a new report from the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and National Center for Assisted Living (NCA).
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Enhanced Hospital Efficiency through Strategic Partnership Support
June 29, 2022The demand for healthcare workers is projected to continue to grow nine percent annually through 2030.1 To overcome this challenge, hospitals are seeking guidance from a seasoned rehabilitation expert to help their rehabilitation unit excel within their community while overcoming today’s top recruitment and retention challenges.
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