Academy Offers Practices to Improve Care for Disadvantaged Patients
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine has published [...]
New Approaches to Readmissions Reduction Program?
While Medicare’s readmissions reduction program has produced a decline in [...]
Safety-Net Hospitals’ Readmissions Challenge
The March edition of the journal Health Affairs offers a [...]
Tracking Medicare Disparities
Tracking disparities in medical conditions and outcomes will be easier [...]
Socio-Economic Factors Again Tied to Hospital Readmissions
Another study has linked socio-economic factors to increased hospital readmissions. [...]
MedPAC Meets, Considers Issues
Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) met last [...]
MedPAC Sees Room for More Telehealth
“If we are going to be relevant to the customers [...]
Hospitals Not Using Observation Status to Avoid Readmissions Penalties
Hospitals are not moving returning patients to observation status to [...]
NAUH Reiterates Call for Readmissions Program Risk Adjustment
In a letter to the chairmen of the House Ways [...]
NAUH Weighs in on New Medicare Site-Neutral Payment Law
Last November Congress passed a law that established a new, [...]
