Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 24, 2023

It's news -- 600 nursing homes closed so what’s the strategy to fix? You may have read this depressing article this morning in the Wall Street Journal about the number of people stuck in hospitals with no place to go because there are no nursing homes to take them – which is the status in the UK’s the National Health System (NHS).

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

August, so warm, so replete with nursing home doomsayers and endless scam calls. It's news -- 600 nursing homes closed so what’s the strategy to fix? So many factors crushed nursing homes -- Covid and Private Equity nursing home ownership were big players, followed by government strategy to undermine them.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

The federal government has pegged the cost of hospital readmissions for Medicare patients at $26 billion annually, with $17 billion accounting for readmissions that result in patients not receiving the right care. million in avoided correctional facility transfers, and $806 million in avoided nursing facility transfers.

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American Well

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

The federal government has pegged the cost of hospital readmissions for Medicare patients at $26 billion annually, with $17 billion accounting for readmissions that result in patients not receiving the right care. million in avoided correctional facility transfers, and $806 million in avoided nursing facility transfers.

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Henry Kotula

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

This has been especially true in ACA exchange plans and Medicare Advantage (MA). This will lead to more bundled payments that trigger at diagnosis rather than only at inpatient admission, which is already happening in Medicare, he said. Overall, patient-cost sharing increased by 66% from an average of $469 in 2005 to $778 in 2015.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 21, 2019

At Riverside Health System, a rural health network in Newport News, Virginia, a long-term telebehavioral health initiative has improved coordinated care among psychiatrists and clinical social workers, as well as replaced a chunk of services offered at the system’s nursing homes. Medicare Advantage still lucrative, popular.

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