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NewsReadmission rate culprits remain elusive
Hospitals know they have to care about readmissions to improve patient care and protect their wallets, with reimbursements changes tied to performance. But do they know what really causes Read more...
Source of readmissions: hospital admissions, not discharge planning
Hospitals in areas that have high admission rates also have a high propensity for readmission rates, according to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers at Read more...
Older blacks face higher chance of readmission than other races
Race and location of care feed into racial disparities in readmission rates, according to a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, HealthDay News reports. After Read more...
African Americans face greater risk of hospital readmission
Hospitalized patients who are African American and/or on Medicaid face a greater chance of being readmitted to a hospital within one month of their first discharge, according to a new study published Read more...
WellPoint, Aetna, and Humana pilot remote monitoring to cut readmissions
Insurers are pursuing new ways to reduce the cost of hospitalization and readmissions, the Wall Street Journal reports. And it involves giving heart patients remote monitoring technology to take Read more...
Study: Hospitals spent $30B on avoidable admissions in '06
A new federal report suggests that in 2006, hospitals spent $30.8 billion on 4.4 million hospital admissions that might have been avoidable. The report, which was compiled by the Agency for Read more...
Study: Medicare disease management pilot failed
A new study done by a government-contracted research firm has concluded that Medicare's recent disease management pilot largely failed to meet their goals. Back in 2002, CMS awarded 15 demonstration Read more...
CMS says doctors earned $16.7M on P4P demo
You've gotta love it when CMS gives out money above and beyond the usual reimbursement rates--and it's even better when the bonuses involved work out for pretty much everyone involved. That's the Read more...
| Press ReleasesSaint Thomas Heart Opens New Ventricular Assist Device Center; One of Only 33 Dedicated Centers in United States--Middle Tennessee’s only certified Destination Therapy program offers renewed hope and results for advanced heart failure patients-- NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Saint Thomas Hospital, a Read more >> Flagstaff Medical Center to Use Smart Phones to Extend Care for Heart PatientsFLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC) has enrolled its first patient into a ground breaking new program, Care Beyond Walls and Wires, an initiative that will Read more >> AirStrip Technologies Announces Home Health Collaboration With Qualcomm LifeEarly stage collaboration unveiled at mHealth Summit will move AirStrip mobile monitoring innovation into homes; initial focus placed on Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) patientsWASHINGTON, Dec. 6, Read more >> CJPS Healthcare Inks Major National Contract for VitalPoint® Remote Patient MonitorsAUBURN HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CJPS Healthcare Supplies & Equipment (www.CJPS.com) announces the execution of an agreement to provide 33,000 units of its state-of-the-art remote patient Read more >> CJPS Medical Systems Shakes the World of TelemedicineAUBURN HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In an unprecedented move, CJPS Medical Systems announces that it will no longer charge for any connectivity fees for caregivers to access patient data when Read more >> |
