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Medicare Data Delivers Surprising News about Common Procedures for Elderly Patients
The statistics on healthcare spending on procedures for elderly patients are alarming. As much as 18% of a person’s lifetime medical expenses are spent during their last year of life. 30% of Medicare’s annual expenditures are spent caring for the 5% of recipients who will die during the same year. One-third of that money isRead the Rest…
Affordable Care Act Q & As
It’s still too soon after implementation to have many questions raised by the Affordable Care Act answered definitively, and of course, debates in courts across the nation will likely change things. But, some of the details about how it’s impacting quality patient care are beginning to come into focus even as they raise more questions.Read the Rest…
Steps to Providing Quality Patient Care and Reducing Hospital Readmissions
There’s no doubt about it: In order to reduce hospital readmissions, hospitals have to place a stronger emphasis on quality patient care. But what exactly does this mean? Given that 50% of hospitals report that they fail to follow through on readmission reduction initiatives, it seems that this issue needs further clarification. We recently reportedRead the Rest…