Electronic Visit Verification (EVV): The benefits and pitfalls

In this episode of the Post-Acute POV, our host Kevin Whitehurst, senior vice president of skilled nursing solutions at MatrixCare, is joined by Camille Jordan, RN, BSN, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CDP, senior vice president of clinical operations and innovation at Signature HealthCARE. The pair have a conversation on optimizing operations using data and analytics across facility-based care. Join Kevin and Camille as they discuss why it’s becoming increasingly important to be a data-driven organization, how utilizing real-time data and analytics helps staff spend more time with residents, and how technology provides more time for face-to-face interactions by streamlining the gathering of data and other traditionally manual tasks. Listen to their discussion below. Topics discussed during today’s episode: [00:38 – 03:14]: Kevin provides background for the topic and introduces Camille Jordan, our guest from Signature HealthCARE, whose mission it is to lead radical change in long-term care. [03:39 – 04:12]: Camille explains how data and analytics help Signature’s umbrella of facilities to manage clinical decision making and ultimately improve resident outcomes. [04:19 – 05:08]: Next, Camille describes how it’s becoming increasingly important to be a data-driven organization as the industry and, specifically, healthcare reimbursement models continue to evolve. [05:40 – 07:17]: Camille goes on to communicate the importance of being able to gather and display data from across Signature’s 101+ care centers at an enterprise level. [07:39 – 09:05]: Next, Camille describes how utilizing real-time data and analytics helps staff spend more time with residents and take a more proactive approach to improving the quality of care they provide. Having analytics at staff’s fingertips also allows them to pinpoint where there are gaps in care, which helps improve staff satisfaction. [09:14 – 10:39]: Camille then explains ...

Introduction In this third installment of our nutrition series, we are joined again by Amy Wootton, RDN, LDN, Director of Nutrition Management at MatrixCare. Our host, Kevin Whitehurst, SVP of Skilled Nursing Solutions, discusses the importance of using nutrition therapy for diabetes management. Hear their recommendations for creating a nutrition plan catered to individuals diagnosed with diabetes. Amy ties her relationship with diabetes to nutrition therapy and discusses the prevalence of diabetes today. Listen in as she explains common factors that lead to hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. And, with tips for individualized meal planning and snacks – it’s an episode you won’t want to miss. Topics discussed during today’s episode: [01:07 – 02:41]: Amy explains her relationship with diabetes and why, more than ever, nutrition therapy for diabetes is so important. [02:50 – 03:52]: Recommendations for a nutrition plan for someone diagnosed with diabetes. [04:04 – 06:04]: Common factors that lead to hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. [06:12 – 07:31]: The main areas of focus for diabetes management. [07:47 – 08:56]: Individualized meal planning and snacks. [09:07 - 10:59]: How adopting a nutrition therapy approach for a more liberalized diet is leading the change to better management in skilled nursing facilities and rehab centers. [11:14 - 12:25]: Amy wraps up by describing the importance of having an interprofessional team in place to successfully manage nutrition therapy. Resources Learn more about our nutrition management solutions at: https://www.matrixcare.com/nutrition-management/ Catch up on part I and part II of this nutrition series Find out more about nutrition therapy for diabetes management Read the transcript of today’s episode Listen to more episodes of the Post-Acute POV Disclaimer The content in this presentation or materials is for informational purposes only and is provided “as-is.” Information and views expressed herein, ...

In this episode of the MatrixCare podcast, Navin Gupta, SVP of the Home and Hospice Division at MatrixCare, sits down with Edo Banach, President and CEO of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), to chat about the impacts of the pandemic on hospice and palliative care and where he believes the industry is headed. During a time when so much is unknown for care providers, we discuss the need to provide pre-acute care, balancing telehealth and in-person visits, and how we can support those who have been most impacted by COVID-19. Listen in as Edo provides expert insight on the current state of the industry and what hospice and palliative care organizations should prepare for in the future.   Questions we asked during this episode: Share with us a little bit about your origin story and your passion for the aging. How did you find your purpose and calling? What do you see as the major positive and negative dynamic forces for caregivers? How has the pandemic changed the post-acute care landscape? Where is Congress and the administration headed with the use of RPM and telehealth and making some of these tools impermanent? What should leaders pay attention to regarding Medicare? How are EMI plans growing? What is your point of view on community-based palliative care and the reimbursement models emerging out of it? How far are we from getting some sort of community-based palliative care programs in place? Can you share a story you might've observed in the NHPCO network of either exemplary leadership or a caregiver who went above and beyond? Resources: Learn more about MatrixCare solutions at https://www.matrixcare.com/. For more information on NHPCO, please visit https://www.nhpco.org/. Read the transcript for this episode. Check out other episodes ...