ACOs: Five Important Facts Changing Up Participation
November-December 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Get insight into how ACOs are performing and related changes to their future.
The Ten Most Frequent Diagnoses for Inpatient Stays
September-October 2021 Issue
FREE CONTENT In this article, we discuss the 10 most frequent principal diagnoses and their costs impacting hospital inpatient stays.
Six Smart Ways to Stay in Communication with Your Referral Sources
September-October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Your referral partners increasingly expect robust communications to make patient transfers as seamless as possible, for both the patient and providers. They will have to make a choice. Ultimately, they will look for relationships with organizations that are easy to work with and that can deliver proven quality care. We provide insights and strategies from high-performing organizations.
What Program is the Biggest Winner for Home-Based Care?
September-October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Read the insights about home-based primary care and how they have reduced hospitalizations, readmissions, and emergency room visits.
Five COVID Waivers the American Hospital Association is Urging CMS to Keep That Impact Your Organization
September-October 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT The American Hospital Association is urging CMS to keep five COVID waivers and to not return to the old ways of doing things.
Legal Perspective on Patient Choice
What are the fraud implications when patients' rights are violated? What is the role of physicians in patients' freedom of choice? The Remington Report gets answers from Attorney Elizabeth Hogue.
2021 Healthcare Outcomes Go Statewide and Regional
January-February 2021 Issue
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT A growing number of initiatives are expanding to address social determinants of health. Payers, health systems, community-based organizations, and government entities are partnering together to create statewide efforts to improve community health and social care.
COVID-19 Discharge Planning Waivers Link to Patients’ Freedom of Choice
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a number of waivers of various requirements for healthcare providers related to discharge planning for hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs).
COVID-19: Protecting Healthcare Workers
Concern for healthcare workers in every setting knows no bounds! Providers' imperative is clear: everything possible must be done to keep them safe.
Case Study: Payer and Provider Model: Managing Higher Acuity in the Home
Landmark estimates about 20 percent of chronically ill patients currently experience a gap in the care they are receiving, which can be addressed through medical care, support and education provided in the home.
2020 ACOs Taking on More Risk
The number of ACOs taking on risk for cost increases grew from 93 ACOs at the start of 2019 to 192 at the start of 2020.
Post-Acute Care Transfer Policy: The Overpayment for Discharges
Medicare improperly paid acute-care hospitals $54.4 million for 18,647 claims subject to the Post-Acute Care Transfer (PACT) policy.
Discharge Planning: Adding Caregivers Reduces Readmissions
Including unpaid caregivers into discharge planning for the elderly patient population reduces readmissions.
Discharge Planning Process Requires Post-Acute Quality Measures And More
New Discharge Planning Conditions of Participation require hospitals to assist patients, their families/caregivers in selecting a post-acute care provider.
Emergency Dept. Study: Top 10 Reason Heart Failure Patients Go To The ED
A study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, looked at why heart failure patients go to the Emergency Room.
Discharge Planning: Adding Caregivers Reduces Readmissions
Including unpaid caregivers into discharge planning for the elderly patient population reduces readmissions.
Montefiore Health System’s Care Management Program
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Located in the Bronx and Hudson Valley, New York, Montefiore Health System (MHS) serves one of the poorest and most disproportionately disease-burdened counties in the nation with nearly 80% of the payer mix from Medicare and Medicaid.
Reducing Falls and Falls with Injury in HealthEast Hospice Patient Population
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Multidisciplinary teams across the care continuum work each day to determine the best ways to identify the highest risk patients.
Pharmacist Post-Discharge Model Reduces Medication Errors
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT Novant participated in a VHA research project that significantly reduced overall readmissions and those related to adverse drug events.
From Hospital to Home: Knee & Hip Replacement Model
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT From July to December 2014, VNA Healthtrends, a leading home health provider, enrolled 51 patients in their Hospital to Home Program.
ACO Investment Model
The ACO Investment Model encourages new ACOs to form in rural areas and Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs to take greater financial risk.
Medicaid ACO Market Scan
17 states are implementing accountable care strategies in Medicaid or state employee health programs and patterns have begun to emerge.
ACOs: Three Approaches to Improve End-of-Life Care
The ACO model has the right incentives to reduce variation, spur innovation, and improve quality in end-of-life (EOL) care
ACO and Home-Based Palliative Care Model Reduce Costs
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT A home-based palliative care program tested within an ACO showed cost savings and reduced hospital admissions for patients near the end of life.
The ACO Medicare-Medicaid Model for Managing High-Risk Patients
The ACO Medicare-Medicaid Model is focused on improving quality of care, improved care coordination, and reducing costs for Medicare-Medicaid enrollees.
ACOs: Lowering Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary for High-Need Patients
A study by Dartmouth Institute For Policy and Clinical Practice finds coordinated care for patients with complex needs a big winner for ACOs.
How ACOs Manage High-Risk, High-Need Patients
A study in The American Journal of Accountable Care provides a window into how ACOs manage high-risk, moderate-risk and low-risk patients.
Discharge Planning: The New Focus on Patient Choice and Choosing Post-Acute Providers
SUBSCRIBER CONTENT MedPAC has had recent discussions on current discharge planning procedures, resulting in possible changes in the ways patients are discharged.
Hospitals Can Provide Free In-Home Services to Discharged Patients: OIG Advisory
The OIG posted Advisory Opinion No. 10-03 on March 6, 2019, which permits hospitals to provide free, in-home follow up care to discharged patients.
