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AHIP: Medicare Advantage is better deal than FFS Medicare
Health plan industry trade group America's Health Insurance Plans has released a study concluding that Medicare Advantage plans may be doing a better job of controlling costs and preventing harm to... Read more...
Study focuses on helping seniors avoid rehospitalization
In one of a growing number of efforts focused on reducing rehospitalizations, a common, costly phenomenon among elderly patients, researchers at Rush University Medical Center are studying the... Read more...
'Frequent fliers' cost health system billions
Frequent readmissions are never a good thing for a hospital's reputation, but they happen nonetheless. Usually elderly, and chronically ill, their care accounts for 75 percent of healthcare spending,... Read more...
Bill aims to cut hospital readmission rates
A Senator from Colorado has introduced a bill intended to cut down on hospital readmission rates by improving after-hospitalization care and follow-up Medicare patients receive. The Medicare Care... Read more...
