Medicare Advantage members referred to home health after acute hospitalization who did not receive home health services had higher mortality at 30, 90, and 180 days. Objectives: Medicare Advantage (MA ...

Choosing home care is about trust, clarity, and finding people who treat your loved one with genuine respect and ...

Nurses are less likely to refer minority patients to home health care after a hospital visit compared to white patients, according to new research from the University of Michigan. The study used a ...

Palliative care, specialized medical care focusing on providing relief from the symptoms -- including pain -- and the stress of serious illness, is underutilized in nursing homes, despite the large ...

Angela Haupt has been a health writer and editor for more than a decade. She was previously the managing editor of health at U.S. News & World Report, where she spent 11 years covering and editing ...

Epic users can initiate and manage referrals directly to WellSky’s network of more than 130,000 post-acute and community-based providers.

In traditional Medicare, postacute care is a target of efforts to reduce waste 1 and lower hospital readmission rates, 2 but few studies have examined postacute care in Medicare Advantage (MA). In ...

A national study of nearly 4,500 nursing homes found that the adoption of SNFists increases nursing home referrals, but have little effect on lowering rehospitalizations, according to the research ...

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BrainScope announced today the release of a white paper authored by Urgent Care physicians which demonstrated that the FDA-cleared BrainScope One had the potential to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Building on insights from more than a quarter of a million in-home visits with medically complex individuals, Belle has expanded its proven model for delivering home ...