Acronyms
A majority of LTACH patients have this chronic disease that blocks airflow and makes it difficult to breath.
What is COPD?
SSH in Battle Creek partners with the Bronson Network and is located on this floor of Bronson Battle Creek Hospital.
What is the 6th floor?
Our physicians specialize in critical care and pulmonary medicine, allowing us to care of a high acuity patient.
Who are Dr. T & Dr. B?
These insurance providers require LTACH patients have a 3 day ICU stay? If they don't have one they are considered "site neutral".
What is Medicare and Medicare HMO plans?
We are a nation wide company with 11 locations in this state. Battle Creek has some of the best patient outcomes in our entire company nation wide.
What is Michigan?
Now we label ourselves as a Critical Illness Recovery Hospital to better explain our high level of care but we used to go by this.
What is LTACH?
Anytime you have a LTACH referral or question, you use this number to call or text Pepper, the clinical liaison.
What is 269-832-3148?
Although we take the sickest of the sick in the acute care setting, this select team compromised of RN's and SW sent 40% of our patients home with services last quarter.
Who are Case Managers?
These insurances don't follow the Medicare 3 Day rule?
Commercial plans, auto and Medicaid.
Name the 5 hospitals in Pepper's territory?
What is Oaklawn, Coldwater, BMH, BBC and Borgess?
This is a vent setting that other LTACH's mimic on old vents but we bought special equipment to par with this lung recruitment vent setting.
What is APRV?
We keep patients for this average length of stay. Some patients stay longer or less based on clinical necessity.
What is 25 days?
These guys manage the antibiotic stewardship program and work closely with Infectious Disease medicine.
Who are Pharmacist?
Medicare BCBS, BCN, and Med Plus Blue require the referring hospital case managers to use this system to get LTACH prior auth.
What is NaviHealth?
SSH BC is a part of a nation wide network that provides the best outcomes in post acute care. Select Medical Corporate Office is located here?
What is Mechanicsburg, PA?
Treats, tracks and trends care plans for complex wounds, ostomies and incontinence patients.
What is WOCN?
This is the number of patients liberated from the vent last quarter.
What is 80%
Help manage patients with altered nutrition, malnutrition, TF, TPN, PPN and supplements.
Who are Dietitians?
Requires 21 days on the vent and 3 days post trach or large wound with documented measurements and long term IV ABX to qualify for LTACH.
What is Milliman criteria?
We operate nearly 100 critical illness recovery hospitals under two brands; Select Specialty Hospital and this.
What is Regency Hospital?
As a center for pulmonary excellence we are one of the only post acute settings that provide this respiratory treatment that delivers heated and humidified O2 that can deliver up to 60L/min.
What is HFNC?
Medicare and Medicare managed plans require this to be appropriate for LTACH?
What is 3 or more days in an acute care setting?
Specialty credentials make the difference. Most of them are Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Adult Critical Care Specialty (ACCS) designated.
Who are RN's and RT's?
This revenue code is often found on general medical and surgical floors with patients with higher acuity and more critical interventions. So not all patients actually have to come from an ICU.
What is Intermediate 206?
We are the nations largest network of critical illness recovery hospitals and we provide high quality post acute care in this many states,
What is 27?