Health
Medicare fines over hospitals' readmitted patients
(AP)—Medicare is changing the way it does business with hospitals and the result could be fewer patients going back into the hospital after they were discharged.
Sep 30, 2012
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Cardiology
US reaches settlement with 457 hospitals over cardiac device
The Justice Department said Friday that it had reached settlements totaling more than $250 million with hundreds of hospitals where doctors implanted cardiac devices in violation of Medicare coverage requirements.
Oct 31, 2015
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Health
Many hospitals being penalized for 30-day readmissions
(HealthDay)—About half of the nation's hospitals are being penalized by Medicare for having patients return within a month of discharge, losing a combined $420 million, according to a report published by Kaiser Health.
Aug 7, 2015
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Health
An effort to stop the revolving door for hospital patients may be spinning its wheels
Every American hospital has two front doors: The real one, and an imaginary revolving door.
Jul 1, 2019
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Health
Pre-nursing home hospitalization of dementia patients incurs sizable Medicare costs
A new study that tracked what Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (ADRD) costs Medicare during three distinct stages of patient care suggests that the government insurer could realize substantial savings through efforts ...
Apr 10, 2012
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Health
Medicare aims to improve coordinating seniors' chronic care
Adjusting medications before someone gets sick enough to visit the doctor. Updating outside specialists so one doctor's prescription doesn't interfere with another's.
Jan 10, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Avastin no benefit to older lung cancer patients: study
(HealthDay) -- Medicare patients who have advanced non-small cell lung cancer appear to get no survival benefit from adding the drug Avastin to standard chemotherapy, researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report.
Apr 17, 2012
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Cardiology
Few patients have infected heart devices removed despite lifesaving benefits
Medicare patients whose implantable heart devices became infected were less likely to die from the complication if they had the hardware removed compared to patients who only received antibiotics, according to the largest ...
Apr 6, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Melanoma surgery delays are common for Medicare patients
One in five Medicare patients with melanoma experience delays in getting surgery, a Yale study found. The research was published April 8 in JAMA Dermatology.
Apr 8, 2015
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Health
Predominately black-serving hospitals provide poorer care
Hospitals that mostly serve Black patients have worse mortality outcomes for both Black and White patients with three common conditions: heart attack, congestive heart failure or pneumonia. The new study in Health Services ...
Jul 20, 2012
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