Jeff Lagasse
Wraparound services potentially saved $8.2 million from 2011 to 2016, based on median hospitalization costs, the authors found.
Medical spending, future lost work from permanent disability and quality of life losses all contributed to the substantial costs of such injuries.
Between 2005 and 2015, average CEO compensation jumped from $1.6 million to $3.1 million, an increase of 93 percent.
Financial penalties for readmissions are mandated by the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, a part of the Affordable Care Act.
Health data needs to be interoperable for the relationship between health systems and clinics to bridge the consumerism gap.
A chief finding was that patients using NIV at home with a high-touch care model have the lowest overall costs and hospitalization rates.
Cleveland Clinic will have ultimate governing authority, and will maintain services at the facility for at least 10 years.
In all, 3 percent of all rural hospitals closed between 2013 and 2017, hurt by negative margins and cuts to Medicare reimbursement.
With a robust job market, ghosting is a problem across many industries, but in healthcare it compounds an already frustrating shortage of physicians.
Each zone's initiative was tailored to the specific features of its communities, but the overall goals were to improve health outcomes and control costs.