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Care coordination bundle reduced total cost of care for Medicare and Medicaid patients

The intervention was also associated with decreases in the ED visit rate among Medicaid patients and a reduction in practitioner follow-up visits for both patient groups.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/07/3.htm
7 Nov 2018

The ACO SNF waiver

Learn how an accountable care organization (ACO) can help get your patient into a skilled nursing facility (SNF).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/21/free/the-aco-snf-waiver.htm
21 Feb 2024

New internists choosing to be hospitalists

A study finding that inpatient practice was the overwhelming practice choice of recently certified general internal medicine physicians highlights problems with medical payments and training, experts said.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/06/22/new-internists-choosing-to-be-hospitalists.htm
22 Jun 2022

Discharge checklist and risk assessment helped reduce readmissions after PCI, study finds

The discharge checklist included a sublingual nitroglycerin prescription, confirmation of insurance coverage of antiplatelet agents, and recommendations for timely follow-up. Patients also received links to education videos about chest discomfort and heart failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/08/31/2.htm
31 Aug 2016

Costs for pneumonia hospitalization vary by comorbidity, care practices

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and/or heart failure on top of pneumonia have higher hospitalization costs, one study found, while another found that higher-cost hospitals didn't have better mortality rates among their pneumonia patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/18/costs-for-pneumonia-hospitalization-vary-by-comorbidity-care-practices.htm
18 Oct 2023

Cost of heart failure, pneumonia hospitalizations varies by hospital more than by patient

Researchers compared hospital payments for Medicare beneficiaries who were admitted for heart failure or pneumonia twice, once to a generally high-cost hospital and once to a low-cost hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/20/2.htm
20 Nov 2019

Tool for PE, heart failure drugs

Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/05/recent-research.htm
15 May 2019

Cognitive biases affect decisions about whether to go to a SNF after discharge

Clinicians tended to frame skilled nursing facility (SNF) care in terms of “safety” and “rehab” while more often emphasizing the risks of other postacute care options, interviews found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/28/3.htm
28 Aug 2019

Paying for hospital care at home

Traditional hospital-at-home models include costs for care, medications, and labs but do not cover the capital expenses that diagnosis-related group payments typically support.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/01/paying-for-hospital-care-at-home.htm
1 Feb 2023

Isolation precautions associated with increases in length of stay and cost

Compared to non-isolated patients, patients on isolation for respiratory illnesses stayed 17% longer in the hospital, while patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus stayed 30% longer.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/10/26/2.htm
26 Oct 2016

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