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This webpage gives consumers resources and tools to be actively engaged in the quality of the care they receive. Through a partnership with various groups, RWJF provides videos, surveys and reports about choosing the right doctors, the role of HIT and how to evaluate quality of care.
This TrendWatch from September 2011 examines recent research on hospital readmissions, including the linkages between readmissions and quality of care, and the various circumstances that may drive readmissions.
Given that Medicare and Medicaid comprise more than 20 percent of all federal spending, some policymakers are advocating cuts to Medicare and Medicaid payments for hospital services as part of deficit reduction options.
Some policymakers are advocating for reductions in Medicare and Medicaid spending to reduce the federal deficit.
The AHA today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower courts finding in favor of a company that sought to patent a process for correlating the level of certain chemicals in a patients blood with the patients health.
A report by the Center for Post-acute Innovation & Research
A new analysis by Tripp Umbach, a firm specializing in conducting economic impact studies, finds that 194,000 jobs could be lost if the Joint Select Committee fails to come to a compromise on spending cuts and a sequestration occurs.
A report released jointly by AARP's Public Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Fund and The SCAN Foundation shows some states significantly out-perform others in the delivery of long-term services and supports to older adults and people with disabilities. The study finds, however, that even the…