Jeff Lagasse
A full three-quarters of hospitals examined by the Lown Institute failed to meet their expected community investments.
The high performance was due in large part to the white-hot pace of investment at the start of the year.
The system was able to generate $2.5M in net new revenue as the clinical insights more fully capture patients' disease burdens.
Nurse/patient ratios in hospital maternity departments are oftentimes inconsistent with national nurse staffing standards, data shows.
The group says the provider network serving rural Americans is fragile and more dependent on Medicare revenue.
The agencies came to this conclusion after a meeting of the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees, which released its annual reports.
The goal is to allow clinicians to provide clinical care and eliminate or scale back unnecessary administrative work.
It includes changes intended to protect people exploring MA and Part D coverage from confusing marketing practices.
The plan includes eight goals and accompanying strategies that outline what HHS said must be accomplished to further the Cancer Moonshot.
It also includes proposals for the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program.