Briefly Noted
Briefly Noted
• The Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (Oakland, NJ) is releasing its ninth annual Home Care Salary and Benefits Report, which is now being conducted. Questionnaires have been mailed to agencies throughout the United States, the company said. The report will cover salary, hourly, and per-visit data on 69 jobs. Data are reported by state, geographical region, auspice type, and gross annual revenue size. The company urges agencies’ participation in the survey.
• JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, recently conducted a study that examined whether hospital readmissions varied among the frail elderly in managed care versus fee-for-service (FFS) systems. The study found that in the group of frail elderly Medicare beneficiaries, those enrolled in an HMO were more likely to have a preventable hospital readmission that those receiving care under FFS. These results, reported JAMA, suggest that policies promoting stringent approaches to utilization control early hospital discharge, reduced levels of post acute care, and restricted use of home health services may be problematic for the frail elderly.
• Home health tests can detect everything from cholesterol levels, urinary tract infections, colon/rectal cancer, HIV, and substance abuse, reported the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, TN. It can also offer warning signs of diabetes. Due to the popularity of such tests, more are expected to hit the market within the next two years, including some that will identify hepatitis C, as well as the gender of an expected baby.
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