Briefly Noted
Briefly Noted
• The National Association for Home Care (NAHC; Washington) is now offering Wednesdays with NAHC’s Experts, a series of 10 one-and-a-half hour teleconferences every Wednesday at noon EST. A portion of each teleconference will be devoted to answering questions from participants. To register to participate in the teleconferences, which last until Wednesday, Dec. 8, call (800) 775-7654.
• A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests caring for Medicare patients by for-profit hospitals raises Medicare spending by $5 billion a year. The authors cite alleged fraud as a reason, but also said that there are more hospital admissions in for-profit facilities, a greater use of services not covered by Medicare, and regional variations in how similar medical conditions are treated, reported USA Today. The study notes that Medicare spends an average of $732 more per beneficiary on hospital, physician, outpatient, and home health expenses.
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