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Fixing A ‘Badly Broken Medical System’: Home Care Leaders Testify Before Congress On Post-Acute Care

Home Health Care

The hearing centered on concerns regarding proposed budget cuts to Medicaid and their potential impact on the quality of care patients receive in the future.

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Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care

NASHP

Adults may receive benefits along with curative care until they choose to receive hospice. Children may access services along with both curative and hospice care. Promote choice and control for people with serious illness, while taking into account their unique life circumstances; 2. Access to care coordination.

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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

State health reform efforts increasingly focus on providing comprehensive and well-coordinated care to people with serious illness to improve quality of care and drive down costs. A recent Health Affairs article reviewed opportunities to incorporate a palliative care benefit into ACOs.

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Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties

KHN

Private equity-backed groups have even set up special “obstetric emergency departments” at some hospitals, which can charge expectant mothers hundreds of dollars extra for routine perinatal care.

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Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties

KHN

Private equity-backed groups have even set up special “obstetric emergency departments” at some hospitals, which can charge expectant mothers hundreds of dollars extra for routine perinatal care.

Doctors 52