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December 25th 2022

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November 23rd 2022

Pandemic Leads to Shifting Care, Increasing Spotlight on At-Home Hospitalization

November 18th 2022

Contributor: Opportunities for Provider Engagement, Intervention, and Coordination Highlighted in CVS Health Study

November 16th 2022

After Hospital Discharge, Slow Home Health Care Initiation Increases Risk of Rehospitalization

November 2nd 2022

Telenursing May Lead to Lower Symptom-Related Distress in Lung Cancer

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January 1st 2023

Susan Sabo-Wagner: Providing Care for Debilitated and Isolated Patients With Cancer Brings Challenges

December 26th 2022

Susan Sabo-Wagner Cites Challenges With Home Care for Patients With Cancer

December 20th 2022

Different Types of Support Are Essential for Home Cancer Care, Says Susan Sabo-Wagner

December 2nd 2022

Dr Melissa O'Connor Discusses Tips on Creating Personalized Care Plans for Older Adults in Home Health

November 26th 2022

Dr Melissa O'Connor: Lack of Funding, Clinical Research Among Barriers Limiting Technology Use in Home Health

November 19th 2022

Dr Emeline Aviki: Telehealth Allows Patients a Quick Return to Daily Life

November 12th 2022

Dr Melissa O'Connor: Further Research Needed for Technology Use in Home Health

October 15th 2022

Dr Melissa O'Connor Discusses Impact of SDOH on Older Adults, Home Health Outcomes

October 8th 2022

Dr Melissa O'Connor on Development of Decision Support Tool For Discharge in Home Health

September 30th 2022

Dr Melissa O'Connor Reviews Considerations for Discharge in Home Health

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What We're Reading
October 25th 2022

What We’re Reading: CVS Health Partners With ixlayer; Genes Linked to Dyslexia; FDA Plans New Mammogram Regulations

AJMC Staff
CVS Health and a digital diagnostic startup will produce at-home tests for vitamin D, Lyme disease, sexually transmitted infections, and thyroid function; researchers identified 42 genetic variants associated with dyslexia; FDA plans updated mammogram regulations to help women with dense breasts.
Melissa O'Connor, PhD, MBA, RN, FGSA, FAAN.
October 23rd 2022

Dr Melissa O'Connor on Policy Reform to Address Unmet Needs in Home Health

Matthew Gavidia
Melissa O'Connor, PhD, MBA, RN, FGSA, FAAN, endowed professor in Community and Home Health Nursing, M. Louise Fitzpatrick School of Nursing, Villanova University, and director, Gerontology Interest Group, discussed several policy needs for home health care, including improved caregiver support, updated eligibility criteria for in-home care, and reimbursement for telehealth.
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October 20th 2022

Would Adults Having Orthopedic Surgery Use a Home Assessment App?

Allison Inserro
Would older adults use an app to assess the safety of their homes before joint replacement surgery, and if so, what might it feature? Researchers conducted a feasibility study to find out more.
Brian Erickson
October 16th 2022

Contributor: How Telemedicine Augments the Resources of the Indian Health Service to Reach New Patients, Improve Outcomes

Brian Erickson
Telemedicine may be the future of health care for American Indians and Alaskan Natives who live in tribal communities and remote areas.
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September 28th 2022

Home Technology Plus Nurse Oversight May Allow for Timely Detection of Health Events

Jaime Rosenberg
This new series of cases suggests that technology can help nurses remotely identify relevant health events that could be indicative of exacerbations or changes in their condition.
Moonshot 2.0 Looks to Focus on Caregivers, Learn From Patients
September 21st 2022

Moonshot 2.0 Looks to Focus on Caregivers, Learn From Patients

Mary Caffrey
Danielle Carnival, PhD, addressed the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Policy Summit on Friday.
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September 21st 2022

Contributor: Sustaining the “New Normal”—The Future Is Still Bright for Telehealth in the Wake of COVID-19

Amy Meister, DO, MRO Andrew Watson, MD, MLitt, FACS
Consumers want telehealth and telehealth can help achieve organizational goals of avoiding unplanned care, closing care gaps, and achieving care targets.
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September 13th 2022

Educating Older Adults About Shared Decision-Making, Treatment Costs

Allison Inserro
FAIR Health is launching a new website this week aimed at informing older adults and their caregivers about treatment options, including tools related to cost, quality, and shared decision-making.
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September 9th 2022

Refining Intensive Care Management Programs: Can Providing the Neediest Patients the Right Care in the Right Setting Improve Health and Reduce Expenditures?

Neil A. Solomon, MD A. Mark Fendrick, MD
Given the severe unmet needs of the most vulnerable members of our communities, geographic expansion and rigorous evaluations of comparable, highly personalized care management interventions are warranted.
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September 9th 2022

Intensive Care Management of a Complex Medicaid Population: A Randomized Evaluation

Jack S. Rowe, MD, MPH Joy Gulla, MPH Maryann Vienneau, BS Lisa Nussbaum, MA, MBA Erin Maher, MPH Mallika L. Mendu, MD, MBA Lori Wiviott Tishler, MD, MPH Eric Weil, MD Sreekanth K. Chaguturu, MD Christine Vogeli, PhD
The authors present findings of a randomized evaluation of Medicaid patients at an academic medical center, which found that intensive care management was associated with reduced total medical expense.
What We're Reading
September 6th 2022

What We’re Reading: CVS to Acquire Home Health Care Company; Medicaid Extensions for Moms; Long COVID Affecting Labor Shortage

AJMC Staff
CVS announces its plan to buy Signify Health for $8 billion; government budgets and low reimbursement could limit the ability for new moms to stay on Medicaid for a year after childbirth; the long-lasting symptoms of COVID-19 could be keeping millions of people out of the workforce.
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September 4th 2022

Study Evaluates Home Care Model for Older Veterans

Allison Inserro
The multidisciplinary home care program aims to improve health outcomes and functioning while reducing health care use and preventing long-term nursing home placement.
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September 3rd 2022

How Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound May Improve At-Home Hospital Care

Rose McNulty
A recent review suggests point-of-care ultrasound can help home hospital care providers assess, diagnose, and monitor a range of conditions with relatively little additional training.
Lindsay Dymowski, president, Centennial Pharmacy Services
September 1st 2022

Contributor: The Benefits of Medication-at-Home Pharmacy

Lindsay Dymowski
Medication-at-home pharmacy is an innovative method of medication management that is vital to the success of the health care system.
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August 27th 2022

More Diverse, Medically Complex Patients Hospitalized Less Often After Home-Based Cardiac Rehab

Allison Inserro
While past studies have indicated that home-based and center-based cardiac rehabilitation results in similar outcomes for lower-risk patients, information about patients who are more medically complicated and racially and ethnically diverse is unknown.
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August 24th 2022

Five Additional States, Territories Join Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person Program

AJMC Staff
Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration program, which began in 2008, has helped states transition more than 107,000 people to community settings rather than living in institutional facilities.
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August 21st 2022

Analyzing How Online Learning Prepares Students for Remote Care Settings

Allison Inserro
The pandemic has changed how care has delivered, but what professionals new to health care know about strategies used to connect with patients in a virtual setting, or the quality of the instruction they receive, is not known.
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August 17th 2022

Remote, Online Assessments May Be Feasible Options for Tracking Cognitive Decline

Jared Kaltwasser
Most participants were able to complete the assessments at home, and their scores correlated well with in-clinic assessments.
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August 12th 2022

Whether Hospital Care at Home Continues When Pandemic Emergency Ends Is Up to Congress

Allison Inserro
When the pandemic public health emergency eventually ends, so will the various waivers and regulatory flexibilities enacted by HHS during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the ability to provide acute hospital care at home, unless Congress acts.
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August 11th 2022

Disadvantages of Videoconferencing for Home Assessments Limit Clinical Feasibility

Alisha Lekh
Occupational therapists and caregivers note that while videoconferencing to conduct home assessments before hospital discharge have significant advantages, the current disadvantages limit the clinical feasibility of virtual home visits.
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August 5th 2022

Identifying Benefits, Concerns Around Virtual Home Assessments

Allison Inserro
This UK study looked at the use of telehealth to deliver virtual home assessments for occupational therapy services; the authors also created guidelines to support additional work in this area.
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August 3rd 2022

Tools Physical Therapists Can Use to Create Plans for Safe Aging in Place

Allison Inserro
Comprehensive geriatric assessments are designed to keep frail older adults healthy and out of hospitals and nursing homes; a recent article described the the components that make up an assessment and how they can apply to a physiotherapy evaluation.
Jason Z. Rose, MHSA, CEO of AdhereHealth
July 17th 2022

Contributor: Charting a New Path to At-Home Medication Adherence With Digital Pharmacy Support

Jason Z. Rose, MHSA
Polypharmacy and medication adherence are common problems among the Medicare patient population, and this article addresses how Medicare Advantage plans can address these challenges and improve patient outcomes.
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May 12th 2022

Characteristics of Home-Based Care Provided by Accountable Care Organizations

Robert E. Mechanic, MBA Jennifer Perloff, PhD Amy R. Stuck, PhD, RN Christopher Crowley, PhD
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) deliver a diverse array of home-based services, but many of the services are not reimbursed. ACOs may not expand these programs without strong evidence of cost savings.
Serving Nontraditional Health Care Needs in Medicare Through VBID
April 8th 2022

Serving Nontraditional Health Care Needs in Medicare Through VBID

Allison Inserro
Panelists touted the ability to pay for items and repairs to keep Medicare beneficiaries healthier at home, avoiding potentially costly hospitalizations and complications.
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December 29th 2021

Study to Assess Benefits of Home Visits Among Patients With Advanced Parkinson

Jared Kaltwasser
The new research is aimed at a patient group often left out of research studies.
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October 9th 2015

Scalable Hospital at Home With Virtual Physician Visits: Pilot Study

Wm. Thomas Summerfelt, PhD Suela Sulo, PhD Adriane Robinson, RN David Chess, MD Kate Catanzano, ACNP-BC
Results suggest that this scalable model of Hospital at Home is safe, feasible, highly satisfactory, and may be associated with substantial reductions in hospital readmissions.
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