Hospitals Turn to Community Health Workers to Prevent Readmissions
It’s a new twist on an old concept: employ peers [...]
Low Participation Plagues Dual-Eligibles Demo
A federal demonstration program that seeks to improve care for [...]
MedPAC Addresses Issues at April Meeting
Last week the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met in Washington, [...]
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 [...]
