Becki Hamill
Lauren lives in Middlefield, CT with her husband Brenton, their two boys, Jack (6), Ben (3) and their dog Leo. She earned a bachelor’s degree in healthcare management from the University of Connecticut and her MBA from the University of Tampa. Before starting with Contessa in March of 2022, she spent the last decade working in contract analytics at Aetna. She enjoys traveling, drinking coffee and crafts with her boys. What does a Manager of Medical Economics do at Contessa? The Medical Economics team is responsible for creating episode-based pricing proposals. To do this we analyze historical payer data and…
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Amanda has spent most of her life living in Bucks County, PA. She attended the University of Pittsburgh and graduated with a Bachelor of Natural Sciences degree. During her time at the university, she spent time volunteering at hospitals, as well as participating in healthcare-based research and volunteering as an EMT. Her fulfilling experiences pushed her into the nursing field, so following her first degree, she pursued a Bachelor of Nursing at Thomas Jefferson University and graduated in 2015. Most of her nursing career has been at Penn State Hershey Medical Center as a bedside nurse, where she spent the…
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At Contessa, Amedisys’ high-acuity service line, nurses have the unique opportunity to join the Recovery Care at Home program as an Acute Care Registered Nurse (ACRN). Like their hospital counterparts, ACRNs are responsible for starting the patient’s care, including performing a comprehensive nursing assessment, medication reconciliation, safety assessments and implementing standardized protocols. In the Recovery Care at Home program, however, this high-acuity, hospital-level care is provided in the comfort of the patient’s home. So, what does a day in the life of an ACRN look like? How is it different from working at the bedside in a hospital, often with…
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Home Healthcare News | February 3, 2023 Contessa Health, a subsidiary of Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED), has teamed up with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) to launch VMFH Home Recovery Care at the Tacoma, Washington-based St. Joseph Medical Center. The Nashville, Tennessee-based Contessa specializes in shifting higher-acuity care into the home. On average, the company’s model lowers readmission rates by 44% and decreases the mean length of a hospital stay by 35%, according to data from Contessa. Click here to read the full article.
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Deidra has been a registered nurse for 31 years and started her career in a small rural hospital where she was cross-trained in all departments. She became an emergency medical technician (EMT) in 2001, and advanced to assistant director of that service, which she retired from in 2019. Deidra joined Marshfield Clinic Health System as a nurse in 2001. She first worked on a post-operative unit servicing orthopedic, gynecology and urology patients until 2013. She then took a role in the education department, helping to onboard new hire RNs. In 2016, Deidra had the opportunity to join Contessa as its…
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