This saved 3505 bed-days—beds that could be used for patients who might need them more, said Brad Spellberg, MD, chief medical officer at LA General and the study’s cosenior author. Virtual programs like Safer@Home are gaining traction as part of the broader hospital-at-home movement, ...
These hospitals also were more likely to be large, private, not-for-profit, teaching centers with more than 200 beds and an intensive care unit. Compared with hospitals without hospitalists, those with hospitalists cared for a lower proportion of Medicare patients, had a higher proportion of ...
When the growth of Medicare hospital prices is restricted or reduced, inpatient utilization and the number of staffed beds decreases, according to a study in Health Affairs.Bob Herman
In 2022, community hospitals in the United States had an average of 2.4 beds per 1,000 persons. The share of community hospital beds ranged from 1.6 to five beds per 1,000 persons across the country. The number of community hospital beds per 1,000 population in the United States decreased...
CMS finalized standards for REHs, a new Medicare provider type established by Section 125 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Hospitals may convert to REHs if they were critical access hospitals (CAHs) or rural hospitals with not more than 50 beds participating in Medi...
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Between 2002 and 2010, the NHS underwent a period of sustained expenditure growth driven by the perception that the NHS had been previously under-funded, and that quality was low (Moran, 1999). Funding was provided for additional beds in existing hospitals, new hospitals and care centres, and...
Hospital occupancy limitations. There are just-as-sick patients waiting to be admitted who need beds too. Unfortunately, this can push patients out who are improving, but not well enough to go home yet. Hospital initiatives. Some hospitals have goals and initiatives for how m...
Conclusions and Relevance Among fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries discharged after heart failure hospitalizations, implementation of the HRRP was temporally associated with a reduction in 30-day and 1-year readmissions but an increase in 30-day and 1-year mortality. If confirmed, this finding may...
The BPCI-participating hospitals were located in markets that had larger populations, higher median incomes, and fewer SNF beds; were more likely to have an inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF); and were more competitive, defined by a lower Herfindahl-Hirschman index. The BPCI-participating ...