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| 7/22/2021 | Signify Health care coordination tech launches in more than 50 hospitals | Healthcare Finance | Business Intelligence] Signify Health care coordination tech launches in more than 50 hospitals Potentially avoidable hospital readmissions cost Medicare approximately $17 billion per year, research shows. Photo: supersizer/Getty Images Value-based care analytics and technology company Signify Health is launching a solution called Transition to Home in more than 50 hospitals to provide Medicare patients with clinical and social care support as they transition from the hospital ... |
| 7/20/2021 | Demographic Characteristics Affect 30-Day CABG Hospital Readmission Rates | thecardiologyadvisor.com | Hospital readmissions are common within 30 days of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), with the majority of patients readmitted for noncardiac causes influenced by demographic and clinical patient characteristics. This is according to research results published in the Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Researchers sought to quantify the rates of unplanned hospital readmission within 30 days of CABG surgery, evaluate how readmission rates vary by study-level characteristics, explore the underlying ... |
| 7/6/2021 | CMS proposes increase in dialysis payment, exceptions in performance due to COVID-19 | healio.com | ... The rule also includes proposals under the ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP) to not score facilities or reduce payments based on four measures – hospitalization rate, patient satisfaction surveys, long-term catheter rate and hospital readmissions – in the past year because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as technical problems with the data reporting system that CMS requires dialysis clinics to use.“Although ... regional differences ... |
| 7/1/2021 | Amedisys Acquring Hospital-at-Home Provider Contessa Health | homecaremag.com | ... based model and claims analytics capabilities bring the essential elements of inpatient hospital and SNF care to patients’ homes and have repeatedly proven to improve patient outcomes and experience while reducing costs and hospital readmissions . Today, Contessa has a number of prominent health system joint ventures and payor partnerships such as Mount Sinai Health System, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Ascension Saint Thomas, CommonSpirit Health, and Highmark Health and has ... |
| 7/1/2021 | Amedisys Announces Agreement to Acquire Contessa Health, Creating a Comprehensive Home Healthcare Delivery Platform | Yahoo News | ... based model and claims analytics capabilities bring the essential elements of inpatient hospital and SNF care to patients’ homes and have repeatedly proven to improve patient outcomes and experience while reducing costs and hospital readmissions . Today, Contessa has a number of prominent health system joint ventures and payor partnerships such as Mount Sinai Health System, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Ascension Saint Thomas, CommonSpirit Health, and Highmark Health and has ... |
| 7/1/2021 | Amedisys Announces Agreement to Acquire Contessa Health, Creating a Comprehensive Home Healthcare Delivery Platform - Stocks News Feed | stocksnewsfeed.com | ... based model and claims analytics capabilities bring the essential elements of inpatient hospital and SNF care to patients’ homes and have repeatedly proven to improve patient outcomes and experience while reducing costs and hospital readmissions . Today, Contessa has a number of prominent health system joint ventures and payor partnerships such as Mount Sinai Health System, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Ascension Saint Thomas, CommonSpirit Health, and Highmark Health and has ... |
| 6/30/2021 | BATON ROUGE, La. and NASHVILLE, Tenn., 20 | wapakdailynews.com | ... based model and claims analytics capabilities bring the essential elements of inpatient hospital and SNF care to patients’ homes and have repeatedly proven to improve patient outcomes and experience while reducing costs and hospital readmissions . Today, Contessa has a number of prominent health system joint ventures and payor partnerships such as Mount Sinai Health System, Marshfield Clinic Health System, Ascension Saint Thomas, CommonSpirit Health, and Highmark Health and has ... |
| 6/29/2021 | New York Skilled Nursing Facility Deploys the Vios Monitoring System to Enhance Patient Monitoring | tmcnet.com | TMCnet News [June 29, 2021] New York Skilled Nursing Facility Deploys the Vios Monitoring System to Enhance Patient Monitoring With a shared goal of improving residents' post-acute care and monitoring, Murata Vios, Inc., announces the deployment of its Vios Monitoring System at Bishop Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. The system is installed at the 455-bed Syracuse skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility for continuous vital signs monitoring. The Vios Monitoring System ... |
| 6/29/2021 | New York Skilled Nursing Facility Deploys the Vios Monitoring System to Enhance Patient Monitoring | tmcnet.com | TMCnet News [June 29, 2021] New York Skilled Nursing Facility Deploys the Vios Monitoring System to Enhance Patient Monitoring With a shared goal of improving residents' post-acute care and monitoring, Murata Vios, Inc., announces the deployment of its Vios Monitoring System at Bishop Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. The system is installed at the 455-bed Syracuse skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility for continuous vital signs monitoring. The Vios Monitoring System ... |
| 6/28/2021 | Continuity of nursing care improves outcomes of dementia patients: Study | thearabianstories.com | ... possible, the demand for home health care for people with dementia is expected to grow rapidly.”For most patients, their home health care often begins after being discharged from the hospital. Given that hospital readmissions are a significant quality, safety, and financial issue in healthcare, Ma and her colleagues wanted to understand if having continuity of care, or the same nurse coming to each home visit, could help prevent ... |
| 6/23/2021 | Encompass Health's Elissa Charbonneau Named Among Most Influential for Second Straight Year | rehabpub.com | ... leadership and impact. As chief medical officer, Charbonneau oversees the medical operations for 140 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals across the country. She has worked hard to implement programs and training at Encompass Health that reduce hospital readmissions and transfers by utilizing patient data trends, serves as a strong advocate for patient care, and is greatly involved with industry regulatory and policy matters.Charbonneau has been affiliated with Encompass Health for 29 ... |
| 6/9/2021 | Reviewing Amedisys (NASDAQ:AMED) & Aveanna Healthcare (NASDAQ:AVAH) | rivertonroll.com | ... and Personal Care. The Home Health segment offers a range of services in the homes of individuals for the recovery of patients from surgery, chronic disability, or terminal illness, as well as prevents avoidable hospital readmissions through its skilled nurses; rehabilitation therapists specialized in physical, speech, and occupational therapy; and social workers and aides for assisting its patients. The Hospice segment offers services that is designed to provide comfort and ... |