Will telehealth help keep rural LTC residents healthy after discharge? Study aims to find out
Researchers will follow a group of discharged long-term care residents to test the benefits of telehealth nurse access in rural areas.
Rural Areas
OIG says critical access swing beds should be paid at SNF rates
New legislation should be introduced to significantly change the way rural-based hospitals are reimbursed for care provided in post-acute care swing beds, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week.
MedPAC: A quarter of Medicare hospital readmissions are preventable
One-quarter of hospital admissions among Medicare beneficiaries are preventable, with the leading cause for those readmissions is heart failure, a Medicare advisory board report noted.
