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Spikes in cardiovascular deaths shown to be an indirect cost of COVID-19 pandemic
Private Equity-Backed Hospitals Appear to 'Cherry-Pick' HF Patients
Despite treating heart failure (HF) patients with lower clinical risk, hospitals purchased by private equity do not have better clinical outcomes than...
New Harvard study raises concerns about hospital control by private equity
A new study from Harvard Medical School is raising fresh concerns about hospitals controlled by private equity firms. Researchers found patient...
Report on medical access finds one-third of Black Americans live in ‘cardiology deserts’
Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2024 Rates; Quality Programs and Medicare Promoting...
"...Patients with DES are one of the most vulnerable populations..." ( Mortality and Hospitalizations for Dually Enrolled and Nondually Enrolled Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65 Years or Older, 2004 to 2017. JAMA)
Sharp Obesity Increase Since Pandemic in Black Youth
Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy
"...Dual-eligible beneficiaries also have higher mortality rates, so their providers can have worse results on the discharge to community measure..." (Mortality and hospitalizations for dually enrolled and nondually enrolled Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years or older, 2004 to 2017. JAMA 2020)
Testimony to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging by Jose F Figueroa, M.D., MPH
"...Because of these vulnerabilities, dual-eligible patients are much more likely to require hospital care, nursing home care, long-term care, and home-based care, and are unfortunately at increased risk for experiencing poor health outcomes..." ( Mortality and Hospitalizations for Dually Enrolled...
Statement of the Center for Medicare Advocacy in Hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on the topic of "A National Tragedy: COVID-19 in the Nation’s Nursing Homes”
"...Study after study documents that facilities without sufficient nursing staff have both more cases of COVID-19 and more deaths from the virus..." ( Association of Nursing Home Ratings on Health Inspections, Quality of Care, and Nurse Staffing With COVID-19 Cases. JAMA 2020.)