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In its section on readmissions, CMS made the case for closer tracking of hospital readmissions and tying reimbursement to lowering them, citing a 17.6% 30-day readmission rate for Medicare enrollees in 2005, at a cost of $15 billion.
New study finds patients with female doctors have a lower risk of death and hospital readmission rates. ... according to a 2020 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. “Other ...
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The rate of increase in both health insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs have declined in the employer-based market. For example, premiums increased at an annual rate of 5.6% from 2000-2010, but 3.1% from 2010-2016. An estimated 155 million persons under the age 65 were covered under health insurance plans provided by their employers in 2016.
Since 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the life expectancy for the US population was 77.0 years, a decrease of 1.8 years from 2019. [84] Life expectancy fell again in 2021 to 76.4 years, which has been attributed to COVID-19 and rising death rates from suicide, drug overdoses and liver disease. [85]
However, in a 2020 review of 36 articles examining the DRG system, researchers found that the outcome of using this method to pay healthcare providers isn’t always so clear-cut. In some cases ...
This score has been tested and validated extensively in the trauma population, demonstrating good correlation with mortality, morbidity, triage, and hospital readmissions. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Increasing levels of CPS were associated with significantly lower 90-day survival in the original study of the score in trauma population.
By November 2020, with 13 million cases in total that year, hospitals throughout the country had been overwhelmed with record numbers of COVID-19 patients. [1] Hospitals faced a crisis-level shortage of beds and staff to provide adequate care for patients. States such as Iowa had no more available beds, considering their situation at crisis ...