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Hard hit by one of the worst recessions in nearly a century, hundreds of thousands of Californians lost insurance coverage across the state as employers shed jobs and the health plans that came with those jobs, according to a report from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Health Policy Research.
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New research suggests weight training for two years significantly improves the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease compared to other forms of exercise such as stretching and balance exercises.
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As they go about their day-to-day activities, case managers should take steps to protect themselves from possible legal action if the patients whose care they manage experience an adverse outcome.
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A study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that there is no significant difference between safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals when it comes to the length of stay for emergency patients.
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When Cigna HealthCare of Arizona Medicare Advantage members are homebound, have complex care management issues, or are at risk for readmission to the hospital, the home-based care team from Cigna Medical Group, located in Phoenix, visits the patients in their homes, assesses their needs, and arranges for the services they need to stay healthy and safe in the home environment.
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Researchers have found that patients who are diagnosed with a substance use disorder are about twice as likely to be readmitted to the hospital as patients without this diagnosis. These findings suggest that hospitals could intervene with substance use screening and programs designed to reduce subsequent hospital utilization.1
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The assessment tool used by federal government programs to measure whether a community health center is functioning as a "medical home" was developed by the nonprofit National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
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There's not a healthcare organization around that isn't focused on reducing unplanned readmission rates. They cost money and are the focus of a variety of regulatory and payer organizations that are either no longer paying for care related to such readmissions or will soon stop.
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Heart attacks in women go largely unrecognized 30 to 55% of the time, and those who miss the warning signs and fail or delay getting help, run the risk of death or grave disability.
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When Catherine M. Mullahy was a practicing case manager, she received a referral to manage the care of a patient who was recuperating at home on short-term disability, after being hospitalized with a severe case of cellulitis.
