Initiatives focused on delivering high-quality and cost-effective care are projected to double the number of accountable care organizations (ACOs) nationwide by the end of 2014, according to a new report. The estimated 500 ACOs currently in existence throughout the U.S. has already seen its participation nearly quadruple since Spring 2012, notes the report from Premier […]
Category: Hospitals
Reforms outlined in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have spurred a decline in hospital readmission rates by as much as 18% in 2013, in light of strong efforts to rein in the costly problem of too many readmissions among hospital patient within 30 days of discharge. According to new data released this week by the […]
Chicago-based real estate investment trust Aviv REIT announced today it has acquired four senior housing properties in Ohio and Indiana for $44.9 million. The first three properties are located on a campus in Ohio, which includes an assisted living facility, a post-acute and long-term care skilled nursing facility (SNF) and a long-term acute care hospital […]
Adapting from a British television series, a new HBO series looks to put a dark comedy spin on life in a long-term care facility, reports MedCity News. The series, titled “Getting On,” takes place in a women’s extended-care facility of a Long Beach hospital and follows the day-to-day lives of nurses and doctors “as they […]
Increased nurse staffing levels could be the key to helping hospitals avoid reimbursement penalties for avoidable readmissions, suggests a new study tying rehospitalizations of Medicare patients to staffing ratios. The research, published in the October Health Affairs journal, studied Medicare beneficiaries who had suffered heart attacks, heart failure, or pneumonia and were readmitted at more than […]
A large majority of healthcare executives expect they’ll pursue mergers and acquisitions before the year is over, according to a recent GE Capital Healthcare Financial Services survey of healthcare services executives. While 43% anticipate pursuing refinancing in the next few months, more than twice as many—88%—executives believe M&A is in their near-term future, according to […]
Hospitals across the country are facing a total of $227 million in fines relating to patient readmissions, after being charged with reducing those readmissions under Medicare. Under the new program, hospitals are being tasked with reducing the number of readmissions that take place within a month of the patient’s release from his or her hospital […]
A bill passed by a House of Representatives committee this week would place limitations the Federal Housing Administration’s Section 242 Program, which currently insures hospital buildings throughout the U.S. The 242 program is currently administered by the Office of Hospital Facilities within the Office of Healthcare Programs, allowing for insurance for acute care hospitals spanning […]
Doctors who practice primarily in hospitals might soon enter into unfamiliar waters as a demand grows for skilled nursing facilities (SNF), reports MedPage Today. Coining the term “hospitalists” as a healthcare professional that mainly practices in a hospital, MedPage Today notes that the skill set for such workers in SNFs will become a “valuable tool,” […]
Receiving the same treatment at two different hospitals might not necessarily be a difference in quality of care, but rather thousands of dollars in extra costs, according to a new report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Collecting data from more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals that receive payment from the Medicare Inpatient […]
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