Home health care visits may reduce the need for early readmission after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

Since 2017, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services penalizes hospitals with high readmission rates after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Home health care (HHC) is a proven tool to support the transition after discharge. Thus we performed a propensity-matched analysis to determine the impact of HHC on readmissions following CABG.

Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - February 17, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Salil V. Deo, Vikas Sharma, Salah E. Altarabsheh, Sajjad Raza, Brigid Wilson, Yakov Elgudin, Brian Cmolik Source Type: research