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Alerting Clinicians to 1-Year Mortality Risk in Patients Hospitalized with Heart Failure
Revisits Have Increased Since Implementation of Program Intended to Reduce Hospital Readmissions
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.)
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)
Fellow Spotlight: Meet our 2025 Fellows!
As the academic year begins, we are excited to introduce five exceptional new fellows who have joined the Health Policy Section at the Smith Center. These medical students and fellows bring a range of experiences...