A study in the May 2016 issue of Annals of Emergency Medicine looks at the issue of the ability to speak and understand English and 72 hour returns. The study concludes even with insurance status taken into account, whereas admission rates were unchanged, that people who don’t understand English are more likely to return to… Read More
An article in the April 20. 2016 issue of Modern Healthcare reports that CMS will delay release of the their hospital quality star ratings. Excerpts of the article go through the rationale and role out. The federal government has been promoting the ratings for hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis facilities and other providers as a… Read More
As our population gets older and older patients are living longer with more complicated medical problems it is often a challenge to determine which patients should be admitted and which patient should be discharged home. Additional pressures from CMS(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and health plans’ pressure to discharge patients adds an additional complexity… Read More
