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A tiny, daily huddle practice to surface hidden risks, clarify after-hours rescue, and build psychological safety.
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A tiny, daily huddle practice to surface hidden risks, clarify after-hours rescue, and build psychological safety.
A quarter of patients never fill a new discharge prescription. Bundling bedside delivery with pharmacist counseling and coverage fixes makes the first night safe—and often pays for itself.
A short, structured call within 24 hours catches the failures that drive 72-hour ED returns—missing meds, no ride, DME gaps, and uncertainty. Do the call, follow a script, and measure it.
Home health often misses the within-48-hours start window. Late starts cluster by day of week, distance, and payer rules—and they’re tied to higher ED returns. A simple 24-hour pre-call plus capacity check prevents many failures.
Medicare Advantage prior authorization volume, denial/appeal patterns, and new CMS rules create predictable discharge friction for IRF/SNF/Home Health. You can shorten LOS by timing and targeting prior auth smarter—not by working harder.
Preferred skilled-nursing networks can improve handoffs and sometimes shorten stays and spend—but they carry compliance, equity, and market-capacity risks. Use them as a tool, not a tunnel.
Margins aren’t moved by average cost per inpatient day—they’re driven by the marginal cost of one extra day and the opportunity cost of blocked beds.