Navigation program was associated with lower expenditures and hospital-based utilization in both Medicaid and Medicare intervention groups ...

Journey to New Life is among the organizations funded by the Violence Prevention Fund, which launched in 2023 following record-high homicide rates. Since its inception, 2,300 people have gone through ...

For more than a decade, hospitals have worked to help older adults avoid repeated inpatient stays, incentivized by a federal program that cuts Medicare reimbursements if hospitals have ...

For more than a decade, hospitals have worked to help older adults avoid repeated inpatient stays, incentivized by a federal program that cuts Medicare reimbursements if hospitals have ...

Addressing the significantly elevated 30-day readmission risk for patients with HIV following heart failure or acute myocardial infarction requires targeted interventions such as early postdischarge ...

Cancer is fast-becoming one of the most expensive chronic conditions in the United States, and hospital care accounts for nearly a quarter of this spending. 1 Unplanned emergency department (ED) ...

Transitioning from FFS to salaried models may reduce low-value surgical interventions, with a 41% change in odds observed. The study analyzed TRICARE claims, noting a decline in low-value procedures ...

Introduction Transitions of care (TOC) between hospital, ambulatory and home settings for high-risk adults with chronic diseases are complex, costly and often result in poor health outcomes.

Patients with heart failure tend to experience higher rates of hospital readmissions compared with other ambulatory care–sensitive conditions. In Sweden, the nationwide Care Coordination Act (CCA) was ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Nursing practice environments and patient care delivery systems are greatly affected by health policy reforms. Still, the direct connection between particular policy ...

Rewards tied to improved hospital readmission rates were so small and so variable from year to year that they likely contributed to a “lack of effectiveness” for a key nursing home financial incentive ...