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CMS Review Choice Demonstration: What it is and how your hospital-based rehab unit can prepare

RCD is a program set forth by CMS to protect Medicare funds from mis-payment and fraud. The goal is to improve compliance with Medicare program requirements and help ensure the right payments are made at the right time for the hospital-based acute rehabilitation units (ARUs) or inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs).

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CMS Releases Inpatient Psychiatric Final Rule: Key Revisions to Note for 2024

CMS recently released the Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF IPPS) Final Rule for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 – detailing a number of changes that will impact behavioral health hospital and units across the nation. The rule is set to go into effect on October 1, 2023.

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Making Care Primary: Top insights into the new CMS initiative

CMS recently announced its newest Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) model: Making Care Primary (MCP). 

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Partnership News

Baystate Health and Lifepoint Health Celebrate Opening of New Behavioral Health Hospital in Holyoke, Massachusetts

HOLYOKE, Mass. and BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (August 14, 2023) – Baystate Health and Lifepoint Health today celebrated the opening of Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital with a commemorative ribbon cutting ceremony. The new 122,000-square-foot, four-story facility has 150 private and semi-private rooms for inpatient behavioral healthcare for adults and adolescents. Located...

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UC Davis Health and Lifepoint Rehabilitation Celebrate Opening of New Rehabilitation Hospital in Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, Calif. and BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (April 19, 2023) – University of California, Davis (UC Davis Health), and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, are celebrating the opening of UC Davis Rehabilitation Hospital, a 58,000-square-foot inpatient rehabilitation hospital located on UC Davis Health’s Sacramento campus. With 52 beds, the...

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Mercy Health and Lifepoint Behavioral Health Announce Agreement to Build New Inpatient Behavioral Health Hospital

Mercy Health – Youngstown and Lifepoint Behavioral Health, a business unit of Lifepoint Health, today announced that they have entered into a joint venture partnership to build and operate a new inpatient behavioral health hospital in the Mahoning Valley. 

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White Papers

Achieving Optimal Patient and Hospital Outcomes: Why Care Settings Matter

All post-acute settings are not created equal. The growing rate of skilled nursing facility closures has only reinforced this gap in care quality, leaving patients and hospitals nationwide straining to find care settings equipped and available to meet their unique needs. One setting that has weathered the storm of shifting...

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Effective Hybrid Partnership Models to Enhance Hospital Performance and Outcomes

Partnership has become a leading strategy to efficiently improve quality while continuing to meet the needs of the growing medically complex patient population. However, every hospital and community is different. A one-size-fits-all partnership strategy does not exist. Partnerships can vary in model, stage of the care continuum and facility type.

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2023 Post-Acute Trends: Five Strategies to Improve Hospital Outcomes

From meeting medically complex patient needs to improving financial performance, post-acute care integration has never been more important for a hospital’s overall strategy.

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