Improving our system of care for older adults with complex, chronic illnesses requires wrestling with a vexing dilemma. Models of care that are readily scalable have limited effectiveness, and ...
“Super-utilizers,” meaning patients with complex health issues and frequent hospital visits, are becoming a focus of care management programs in an effort to improve patient outcomes. A study ...
A complex care management program implemented at 5 Next Generation accountable care organizations reduced all-cause inpatient admissions and total medical expenditures for participating beneficiaries.
The care of patients with complex medical needs is widely regarded as one of the key factors driving increased U.S. health costs, and it is generally accepted that 10 to 15 percent of Medicare ...
Chronic diseases kill over 1.7 million Americans each year, making them the country’s leading cause of death. This number only continues to go up, and it’s clear that today’s sick-care model isn’t ...
Children with complex medical needs represent more than half of all hospitalized children and 82% of hospital days. A new medical group aims to change how their care is delivered. A new medical group ...
LAKE MARY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TurningPoint Healthcare Solutions, a leader in advanced clinical and technology-enabled complex care management, unveiled today TurningPoint Digital Joint and Spine, ...
Accountable care organizations often involve high-need, high-cost patients, which can make for a very expensive and challenging program to manage. But a team of researchers has identified effective ...
Destra was born in Haiti. She grew up in the States, but she has returned to the island nation often throughout the years on mission trips. She is always struck by the poor access to medical care in ...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army is restructuring the Warrior Care and Transition Program (WCTP) to focus on its central mission of complex case management for wounded, ill, and injured Soldiers. The new ...