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
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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.
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.
Leveraging Physician Payment Models to Capitalize on Home Care’s Resource Capabilities
For the home care industry, the announcement of new value-based physician payment models should have caused a gleeful outburst. Under these new models, Medicare will be rewarding practices for providing more convenient access to care, and start paying for chronic disease care management, acute care in-home services, and hospice and palliative care. This article is free to 1-Year Classic and [...]
The Post-Acute Care “Gap” Plaguing Healthcare
Approximately four million adults in the United States are home bound, and many of them cannot access office-based primary care.
10 Ways To Identify Future Partnerships Between Physician Practices and the Home Care Industry
In this issue of FutureFocus, we offer up 10 ways to identify future partnerships between physicians and the home care industry.
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.
