Search results for "Penalties"
Hospitals with higher proportion of Black patients hit with value-based Medicare penalties
Mortality rates for myocardial infarction and pneumonia were consistently higher at hospitals that treated a high proportion of Black patients, and that didn't change after implementation of Medicare's value-based payment program, a 10-year study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/10/hospitals-with-higher-proportion-of-black-patients-hit-with-value-based-medicare-penalties.htm
10 Jan 2024
Moving on from readmissions
Some experts are saying it's time for hospitals and payers to shift their focus from preventing readmissions to pursuing other quality objectives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/26/moving-on-from-readmissions.htm
26 Oct 2022
Readmission penalties didn't improve COPD exacerbation care
The percentage of patients hospitalized with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who received recommended care increased at a rate of 0.16% per month before implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program compared to 0.01% per month in the four years after.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/08/10/readmission-penalties-didnt-improve-copd-exacerbation-care.htm
10 Aug 2022
Availability of postdischarge care associated with readmission rates
Hospitals in areas with more primary care physicians and licensed nursing home beds per capita had lower readmission rates for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/06/availability-of-postdischarge-care-associated-with-readmission-rates.htm
6 Jul 2022
Study finds low adherence to price transparency mandate across U.S. hospitals
As of Jan. 1, 2021, a federal rule requires hospitals to disclose five types of standard charges for all services and to provide a consumer-friendly display for at least 300 services. Six to nine months after it went into effect, more than half of hospitals had met neither requirement.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/15/study-finds-low-adherence-to-price-transparency-mandate-across-us-hospitals.htm
15 Jun 2022
Open records come to the wards
Hospitals and physicians are adjusting to the new federal requirement to provide patients full access to their entire medical record, including notes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/open-records-come-to-the-wards.htm
15 Jul 2021
High-value care, tele-ICUs, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/in-the-news.htm
15 Feb 2021
More diuretics and more tips on heart failure
Optimize prescribing during and after heart failure hospitalization to improve care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/more-diuretics-and-more-tips-on-heart-failure.htm
15 Dec 2020
Excess days in acute care may improve performance measurement for hospitals
A study found that replacing 30-day readmission rates with a measure of excess days in acute care would change about a quarter of penalties for targeted conditions under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/21/4.htm
21 Oct 2020
Commandos
A command center is key for managing the complexity of both airports and hospitals.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/newmans-notions-commandos.htm
15 Jun 2020