Understanding typical patient profiles and treatment expertise at different post-acute care settings is key to improving patient outcomes, reducing readmissions, and lowering cost of care. While long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are often misunderstood as fulfilling the same role, they exist to efficiently and effectively care for patients with different admitting conditions and severity of illness.
Download this infographic to:
Learn about the top 5 admitting conditions at LTACHs and SNFs
Discover the severity of illness of patients in each setting
COVID-19 changed the patient journey in America. It sped up the transformation that was already underway around the use of data and digital tools to enable better and varied access, engagement, transparency and control. There’s an urgent need to assess what worked, what didn’t and what changes were influential at a level beyond the immediate need of responding to COVID-19. What’s here to stay (and what may continue to evolve)? There’s absolutely opportunity today for providers and payers to respond with actions that help ensure patients experience the best outcomes, while also looking ahead at ever-newer approaches and technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), to ensure an even better and more resilient patient journey, and improved provider operations, going forward.
This white paper provides strategic analyses and recommendations to assist decision-makers in prioritizing those opportunities.
The Hospital & Health System Guide to Building a Sustainable Telepsychiatry Program
Sponsored by
Iris Telehealth
August 13, 2021
As we’re adjusting to a "new normal" where virtual care options are expected and not just “nice to have,” it’s time to make sure you’ve incorporated a formal, sustainable telepsychiatry program into your organization.
To make that work a little easier, Iris Telehealth put together this whitepaper to guide you through the process. In it, they address:
Why you should consider telepsychiatry
What you should consider in your needs assessment
What questions you should ask your telepsychiatry vendor
What logistics you should keep in mind to streamline program implementation
Whether you’re revamping your existing telepsychiatry program or building one from the ground up, the process can be intimidating. However, Iris Telehealth has already seen a myriad of hospitals successfully go through this process and alleviate pressure on their EDs, and are here to help you do the same.
Save Time. Save Money. Automate Your Payments and Medical Claims Attachments Today!
Sponsored by
Change Healthcare
August 11, 2021
The healthcare industry remains highly fragmented. Thousands of community-based physicians and clinics must interact with over 900 payers on a regular basis to ensure reimbursement for services. Each insurer has its own payment and documentation requirements and patient payment responsibilities that vary from plan to plan, adding to the complexity.
The sheer number and diversity of the parties involved have made it difficult to establish mechanisms that can consolidate and streamline connections between payers and providers to support seamless sharing of billing information. It’s true many payers have created their own systems for paying providers and receiving documentation electronically. But these applications are laborious to set up and sometimes require paper processing of a fax exchange to complete the process.
Download this eBook to learn how through a one-time, digital enrollment, you'll be immediately connected to U.S. payers through a single, secure interface, enabling you to receive payments electronically and manage all medical attachments.
Rehab programs are expecting to see a major influx of medically complex patients in the coming decades, however, COVID-19 has shifted this major influx and its anticipated years of preparation to present day.
Discover key strategies hospitals are integrating to successfully address the growing medically complex population during and beyond COVID-19.
Coding Accuracy Issues in Cardiovascular Procedures Point to Significant Revenue Improvement Opportunities for Hospitals
Sponsored by
Nuance
August 3, 2021
Accurately coding complex cardiovascular procedures in the cath lab is incredibly difficult, but failing to do so can cost your organization thousands of dollars per case.
ZHealth audited 2,931 cardiovascular cases from 51 hospitals and healthcare systems over three years and found that only 55.1% of cases were coded correctly to the documentation provided. And for Medicare payments alone, under-coded cases had $8,051 average anticipated under-reimbursement per affected case.
In this report, you'll gain insights on:
The staggering financial impact of over-coding and under-coding
The legal and compliance risks beyond the reimbursement impact