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    Chronic Care Management: The Most Recent Entrant Into Palliative Care
    09/12/17
    by Concordance Healthcare Solutions
    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made changes to CPT 99490 in 2017 that may change the outlook of hospice care for both patients and providers for the better.
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    Benchmarking Your Hospice Care Inventory Spend and Usage
    09/8/17
    by Concordance Healthcare Solutions
    Benchmarking is a tremendously effective exercise that establishes a baseline for how well an organization is performing in comparison with their competition. Where there are a number of similar operations or functions, a benchmark helps to identify those that are most efficient, and conversely, to recognize which ones can improve. Measures such...
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    Reducing Hospice Cost of Care through Medical Product Standardization
    09/7/17
    by Concordance Healthcare Solutions
    Implementing an approach that reduces the complexity of product sourcing, lessens the administrative workload for medical supplies procurement and serves to reduce product costs is possible through standardization. As enticing as it may be to allow individual healthcare personnel to choose the particular products they would like to use for their...
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    Concordance's Role in Palliative Care
    08/29/17
    by Concordance Healthcare Solutions
    Concordance Healthcare Solutions has a long history of partnering with healthcare providers looking after patients suffering from long-term acute and chronic illnesses. The company's Extended Care Division provides support services to organizations offering home care, long-term care and hospice care.
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    How Does Palliative Care Contribute to the Triple Aim?
    08/24/17
    by Concordance Healthcare Solutions
    Although the U.S. can boast about its highly developed healthcare system, the truth is its costs are higher than anywhere else and its fragmented nature doesn't meet the needs of many who are chronically ill. According to the Commonwealth Fund, U.S. healthcare ranks poorly when ranked against the other top 10 wealthy countries.
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    Out of Control Healthcare Spending: What's the Answer in Hospice Care?
    08/17/17
    by Concordance Healthcare Solutions
    In the last portion of Mark Lewandowski’s podcast that he shared with us (6:01 - end), he states that continuing out of control healthcare spending could bankrupt the US healthcare system.
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    What is Comprehensive Chronic Care Management?
    08/15/17
    by Concordance Healthcare Solutions
    Mark Lewandowski continued his podcast commentary by addressing the trend of moving toward comprehensive chronic care management (3:00-6:00). He explains that the term “comprehensive” really refers to a global attempt to care for ALL the needs of the patient with a “care-in-place” program where ever that place may be. It could be, and most often...
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    Planning CHC Medical Equipment & Supply Needs by Episode of Care
    08/2/17
    by Concordance Healthcare Solutions
    “Episodes of care” is a term used to define identifiable start and predictable end-of-care points for treatment of specific clinical conditions. For healthcare administrators, the term “ episode-based payments” is even more pertinent because Medicare and other commercial insurance companies base the amount they will pay on these specific episodes....
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    7 Ways to Reduce Waste In Your Community Health Center
    08/1/17
    by Concordance Healthcare Solutions
    According to this Harvard Business School report, as much as 35% of healthcare spending is wasted in inefficient practices, excessive pricing and inappropriate treatments. These shocking figures have prompted many healthcare facilities, including community health centers, to adopt the lean management principles that have been so effective in the...
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    Bending the Cost Curve for Palliative Care
    08/1/17
    by Concordance Healthcare Solutions
    Mark Lewandowski’s recent podcast, which he shared with us, addresses problem issues and potential solutions related to funding for palliative care in hospice care. In the second portion of the podcast, (2:00 - 2:59), he addresses how financial success can be found by “Bending the Cost Curve” for palliative care. He notes that success can be found...
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