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CMS ramps up efforts to keep patients out of hospital
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made two announcements this week with the explicit goal of keeping patients out of the hospital. One of the programs looks to keep patients from
Home health after hospitalization can cut costs, readmissions
The use of home health care for chronically ill patients after they leave the hospital can reduce Medicare spending and readmissions, concludes a new study by Avalere Health, LLC. Discharging
Accountable care will require fierce communication strategies
The success of accountable care models will hinge not only on the ability of all stakeholders to coordinate care across the continuum--from out-patient to inpatient, from rehab to preventive
Tighter radiation treatment regs called for
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has called on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to end its current "treat-and-release" policy for patients who are medically treated with radioisotopes. "Releasing
One in five hospital stays involves a person with diabetes
U.S. hospitals spent $83 billion caring for people with diabetes in 2008, according to a statistical brief issued by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. That year, roughly one out of
Final days: Americans getting treated to death
Hope springs eternal. But that American tendency to fight death to the bitter end might not be the best way to depart this mortal coil. Doctors can't tell you how long a patient will live, but they
SPOTLIGHT: Physician struggles with 'unnecessary' hospitalization
On paper, it looked like an "unnecessary" hospitalization. But in reality, emergency physician Dr. Jesse Pines knew that if he didn't admit the woman, who probably had lung cancer, that she'd never
One in five Medicare patients readmitted to hospitals within 30 days
Medicare patients readmitted to hospitals cost an estimated $17.4 billion in 2004, several years before a legion of aging baby boomers will become eligible for the entitlement. Better planning for
Questions remain over flu shot's effectiveness
Every flu season, physicians spend lots of energy encouraging patients--especially the medically frail and elderly--to get their annual flu shots. The thing is, it's still not clear how much impact
Study: Gaps in Medicaid coverage make hospitalization 3.6 times more likely
Apparently, not having continuous Medicaid coverage can land you in the hospital, according to a new study. The study, which looked at nearly five million Californians in a retrospective five-year
