Recent reductions in hospital readmission rates have been attributed to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. However, admission rates also declined during the same period. We found that ...
Hospital accountable care organization (ACO) participation did not impact emergency department admission rates, length of stay, or costs, suggesting limited effectiveness in reducing spending for ...
Litvak is president of the nonprofit Institute for Healthcare Optimization and an adjunct professor at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Imagine seeing a patient who drinks excessively, ...