Ambulatory Care
Patients with a near-bare cupboard might buy cheaper but unhealthful food or skimp on prescriptions or other medical care to avoid going hungry.
Study found no evidence that imposing a copayment reduced the use of home healthcare, would increase out-of-pocket costs.
Program provides weekly grocery bags filled with fresh produce, lean proteins and healthier sugars.
Partnership enables Moffitt to provide blood and marrow transplant services, other forms of cancer care to South Florida patients, systems said.
NRPM attributed the increases primarily to growth in U.S. allopathic medical school seniors, students/graduates of U.S. osteopathic medical schools.
Health Affairs study shows the current penalty structure leads some hospitals to be penalized persistently, leading to financial burden, study says.
Offering same-day services fits in with a broader shift in oncology toward patient-centered care, keeps cancer patients out of emergency departments, expert says.
Aware Recovery Care treats addiction as a chronic illness that doesn't disappear just because symptoms are under control, VP says.
Before the ACA, states had differing approaches to handling preexisting conditions.
In Minnesota and Wisconsin, nursing homes have denied admission to thousands of patients over the past year because they lack essential staff.