Patients with both heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a high cost of care, but there are multiple strategies to limit readmissions.
National data indicates the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program is having a positive impact on patients under 65 as well as patients with Medicaid and private insurance coverage.
A Florida-based community hospital is using AI tools to examine patient data and formulate new treatment protocols for deadly illnesses such as sepsis.
The new rules, which focus on the 2019 and 2020 calendar years, update payment regulations, support expansion of remote patient monitoring, and seek to ease regulatory burdens.
The best way physicians can adapt to patient feedback online is to actively participate in the online review process, the chief medical officer of Press Ganey says.
