Joynt and coauthors measured the proportion of acute care hospital and emergency department costs deemed preventable among high-cost patients in a sample
eTable 4. Analysis Covariate List and Definitions eAppendix. Instrument Development1. Sabharwal S, Patel NK, Griffiths D, Athanasiou T, Gupte CM, Reilly P. Trials based on specific fracture configuration and surgical procedures likely to be more relevant for decision making in the management of...
If, during the course of the preventive medicine visit, an abnormality or preexisting problem is addressed, physicians may receive payment for that part of the visit; however, the problem should be significant enough to warrant additional work that meets the requirements of at least a problem ori...
A full list of participating REGARDS investigators and institutions can be found at http://www.regardsstudy.org. Dr. Thacker has received a Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health. Dr. Curtis receives support...
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Congressional Budget Office. Lessons from Medicare's Demonstration Projects on Disease Management, Care Coordination, and Value-Based Payment. Washington, DC: Congressional Budget Office; 2012 9. Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care...
we limited our sample of independent ed visits to visits not leading to an admission. identifying preventable hospitalizations we used the agency for healthcare research and quality prevention quality indicators software to identify potentially preventable hospitalizations. 14 this algorithm defines potentially...
Joynt and coauthors measured the proportion of acute care hospital and emergency department costs deemed preventable among high-cost patients in a sample
Exposures Enrollee dual eligibility and high-need status (based on complex chronic conditions, multiple morbidities, use of health care services, functional impairment, and frailty indicators), MA plan star rating, and cost sharing. Main Outcomes and Measures The proportion of enrollees who disenrolled...
Final Report to Congress on the Evaluation of Medicare Disease Management Programs. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research Inc; 2007 66. Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Report to the Congress: Promoting Greater Efficiency in Medicare. Washington, DC: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; 2007:...