CMS waiver for hospital-at-home designed to address COVID-19-driven capacity issues | HFMA
While it’s been rumored that the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation was working on a hospital-at-home model, this is a short-term waiver designed to address COVID-19-driven capacity issues, said HFMA’s Chad Mulvany.
CMS waiver for hospital-at-home designed to address COVID-19-driven capacity issues
Key learnings from the pandemic and plans for the future
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The importance of financial flexibility in today’s dynamic healthcare environment
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Patient visit restrictions bringing many new costs
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Connecticut’s launch of a bundled payment program for its employee health plan is part of an effort to save the state $185 million | HFMA
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Hospitals try to apply lessons learned during the COVID-19 response
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New Year’s resolutions for leaders as they get ready to leave a challenging year behind
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CMS unveils the Geographic Direct Contracting model
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How hospitals are trying to get patients to return amid COVID-19
Hospitals are using a variety of efforts — from television campaigns to patient outreach — to get patients to return for care.