Utilization Management Operations Committee – Member ArticlesWhat Should Our Observation Rate Be? A Practical Framework for UM Teams Mastering Observation: A Deep Dive into ACPA’s Comprehensive Resources The Center for Successful Aging: Subacute at Home Program Federal Officials Seeking to Mitigate Maternity Deserts News Highlights for SDoH to Start off 2024! Maternity Deserts: The Growing Concern of America’s Maternal Care Understanding the U.S. Playbook to Address the Social Determinants of Health The Health Benefits of Gratitude Why Understanding the ABN is Essential for Providers and Medicare Beneficiaries SDoH Z Codes: How it Took a Village to Cleared the Confusion Concerns that AI May Be Perpetuating Discrimination Ethical Considerations When Sending a Patient to a Low-Rated Post-Acute The Inpatient-Only List & The Role Utilization Review Can Play Is a Lack of Cultural Competency Closing the Doors on Access to Care for Those Most in Need? Observation Rate – Shooting for a Standard Who Owns Initial Patient Assessment: Gaining Better Understanding of Case Management Documentation CMS Releases New Source for Collecting Z Codes Navigating Social Hospitalizations How Can Case Management Provide Support for Coding? It’s Official: CMS Recognizes Homelessness as a CC Why it’s Time to Retire the Term Non-compliant Are Hospitals Over-consulting Physical Therapy? Strategies for Creating a Valuable Utilization Review Committee Knowing When and How to Fight the Good Fight Lowering Your Observation Rate Making Meaning out of Avoidable Days: Part II Making Meaning out of Avoidable Days: Part I Acute MI – Another Evolution in Terminology Why Has the Hospital Turned into Long-Term Care? How to Integrate a SDoH Coding and Quality Question Key Considerations in Developing an Observation Unit Why Don’t Medicare Advantage Plans Follow the 2 MN Rule Building an Internal Electronic Process for Medicare Short-Stay Admission Reviews Observation Unit Pandemic Operation 2020, A National Survey by the ACPA What is Your Real Observation Rate? What Should It Be? |