Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers, a quality improvement program aimed at reducing hospitalizations and emergency department visits among nursing home patients, yielded little results, according to a JAMA Internal Medicine study.
CMS is thinking about scaling back its Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model, a program that aimed to reduce costs related to the most common inpatient surgery for Medicare beneficiaries: hip and knee replacements.
Challenges with care coordination often stand in the way of hospitals meeting accountable care organization objectives according to 62% of Massachusetts emergency department directors that responded to an Annals of Internal Medicine survey.
Finding a way to ensure patients are adhering to medication regimens is a challenge faced by hospital and medical practice staff alike. A JAMA Internal Medicine study sought to determine whether low-cost reminder devices could help boost medication adherence, but found these devices provided no benefit in regimen adherence for patients with chronic conditions who take up to three medications per day.
While the American Medical Association supports some of CMS’ proposals for year two of the Medicare Quality Payment Program, it is advising CMS to do more to simplify value-based payments.
An emerging case management model involving fourth-generation patient-centered care coordination may help address the shortcomings of traditional case management models, especially in high-risk populations, according to a Phoenix Medical Management, Inc., article.
