Acute Care
Pilot program showed an 18 percent drop in opioid use and cut length-of-stay in half for certain surgery patients, yielding big savings.
NYC H+H emergency departments are also implementing new treating procedures for opioid abuse patients called Emergency Department Addiction Teams.
With the mandate repealed, and DSH dollars unchanged, competition for that money is going to be fierce, experts predict.
Anthem set a policy to deny coverage if it is determined through the discharge diagnosis that the visit was unnecessary.
Wraparound services potentially saved $8.2 million from 2011 to 2016, based on median hospitalization costs, the authors found.
Cleveland Clinic will have ultimate governing authority, and will maintain services at the facility for at least 10 years.
Here's a look at what Mayo achieved and what goes into such an agreement with patients.
Visits to the emergency room to treat low-acuity conditions decreased by 36 percent; Use of non-emergency room centers increased by 140 percent.
Although readmissions have fallen by 3 percent, patients discharged from nonteaching hospitals faced a significantly higher risk of readmission.
Teva Pharmaceuticals is marketing the first approved generic epinephrine auto-injector for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions.