An advanced practice nursing program with a DM component has been shown to reduce the number of readmission hospital days for chronically critically ill patients.
An advanced practice nursing program with a DM component has been shown to reduce the number of readmission hospital days for chronically critically ill patients.
Value-based insurance design is being touted as a possible way to improve medication compliance while cutting chronic healthcare costs in the long run.
A supportive physician backing a DM program can often be the difference between success and a lost opportunity.
CMS' first pay-for-performance initiative for physicians shows two groups earned performance payments for quality and cost efficiency of $7.3 million as part of their share of the $9.5 million savings in the first year.
A new report suggests that community health centers could well be one of the keys to successful healthcare reform.
Investigators try to develop new approaches to care that take into account this significant risk factor.
More accurate approaches to screening could make a sizable dent in the morbidity and mortality associated with this disease.
That's the consensus among business and healthcare leaders who believe it is the only way to get runaway costs under control. See how they propose to make it happen.