Patient Engagement
While focus on care coordination and consumerism may likely continue, insiders worry that too much change could hurt them.
Researchers examined 230,701 patient discharges across 10 academic Veteran's Health Administration Hospitals around the country.
Over the past three years, the sprawling VA system has come under fire from Congress because veterans were waiting too long to see a doctor.
Approximately three-quarters of healthcare and hospital systems ask for payment at the time services are provided.
As consumers shop for insurance during the open enrollment period, many of the directories are outdated or incomplete.
With a backlog of patients, home health services are limited by their ability to attract and recruit quality staff.
Law has brought coverage to tens of thousands of previously uninsured shooting victims, often young African-American men, who missed follow-up care.
Every older adult admitted to a hospital as an inpatient has the right to challenge a discharge if he or she feels unprepared to leave.
A number of other women's health benefits are at risk, including guaranteed coverage of maternity services on the individual insurance market.
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