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National survey of health services provided by pediatric post-acute care facilities in the US
CONCLUSION: PAC in the U.S. is provided to an increasingly medically-complex population of children. There is a critical need to investigate financially-viable solutions for PAC facilities to meet the patient demands for their services and to sufficiently reimburse and retain staff for the challenging and important care that they provide.PMID:35754294 | DOI:10.3233/PRM-201519
Source: Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine - June 27, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Jay G Berry Elizabeth Casto Helene Dumas Jane O'Brien David Steinhorn Michelle Marks Christine Traul Karen Wilson Edwin Simpser Source Type: research

Public/Private Partnership To Address Housing And Health Care For Children With Asthma
Mary (not her real name) is an elementary school student with moderate to severe asthma. She struggles to manage her condition and uses her rescue inhaler frequently. Mary’s mother is concerned about several problems in their apartment, including an unresolved pest infestation and bedbugs. As Mary’s pediatrician learned during a recent appointment, the family faces eviction for non-payment of rent. Stories like Mary’s are common in Worcester, Massachusetts, where more than one in ten children suffer from asthma. Kids with uncontrolled asthma have poor health and development, and they miss a large number of school day...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - July 22, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Ted Kremer, Monica Lowell and Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham Tags: Costs and Spending Equity and Disparities Health Policy Lab Long-term Services and Supports Population Health Public Health Quality asthma Children Commonwealth Medicine Community Health medical-legal partnership Prevention and Wel Source Type: blogs

How States Can Expand Access To Palliative Care
Conclusion The policies discussed in this Blog post are intended to serve as a framework for policymakers and other stakeholders interested in doing more to support palliative care in their states. Here are a few considerations for those interested in exploring potential options: None of the policies and initiatives described above would have been possible without efforts from key stakeholders such as the state hospice and palliative care associations, and local funders, researchers, and advocates. Champions such as Colorado’s Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), the Coalition for Compassionate Care of Cal...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - January 30, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Stacie Sinclair and Diane Meier Tags: End of Life & Serious Illness Long-term Services and Supports Medicaid and CHIP Payment Policy Quality California End-of-Life Care Palliative Care States Source Type: blogs

Hospital Closures Pose Challenges to Care
Empty beds in a hospital room. When 10-bed Nye Regional Medical Center, in west-central Nevada, closed abruptly in 2015, it meant that the residents of the former gold-mining town of Tonopah would have to drive about two hours across a hundred miles of desert roads to get to the nearest hospital.  The hospital’s CEO, Wayne Allen, didn’t sugar-coat it. “This is a decision that will ultimately jeopardize the health and well-being of our community and surrounding areas,” he said. Hospital closures over the last decade—most notably in rural areas and in pediatrics, but urban closures as well—have left patients wi...
Source: The Hospitalist - November 1, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ronda Whitaker Tags: Business of Medicine Career Pediatrics PHM22 Source Type: research

Pediatric Tracheostomy Care Simulation: Real-Life Scenarios in a Safe Learning Environment
CONCLUSIONS: Caregiver knowledge, confidence, and comfort levels were increased after participation. Pediatric patients with a tracheostomy are medically fragile, therefore, it is important for caregivers to be aware of and prepared for common tracheostomy emergencies and to "experience" emergency situations firsthand.PMID:34702770 | DOI:10.4187/respcare.09201
Source: Respiratory Care - October 27, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Jennifer L McCoy Kathryn A Williams Janet L Senkinc Janalee Westerman Allison Bj Tobey Source Type: research

Emergency Medical Services System Utilization Over the Last 10 Years: What Predicts Transport of Children?
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of pediatric ambulance transport and evaluate changes in utilization over a 10-year period. Methods: The National Health Ambulatory Medical Care Survey emergency department (ED) data for visits by children aged younger than 19 years from 2000 to 2009 were analyzed using logistic regression. Age, ethnicity, race, sex, triage level, time of arrival, injury/poisoning, insurance, disposition, critical patient status, metropolitan statistical area (MSA), region, and hospital type were used to predict the mode of arrival (ambulance or nonambulance). Significant var...
Source: Pediatric Emergency Care - May 1, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Pediatric Urgent Care —The Right Fit, Right Time
When I started my pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) career 10 years ago, I thought every hospital would eventually have a dedicated pediatric emergency department (ED). A decade later, I ′m now watching medicine steer in a very different direction. Value-based care, accountable care, convenience care, telemedicine, high-deductible insurance plans, and changes in pediatric reimbursement are all pushing children out of EDs and inpatient units. Meanwhile, pediatricians are struggling to compete with new disruptive models that are driving routine acute care visits elsewhere.
Source: Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine - February 6, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: David J. Mathison Tags: Guest Editor's Preface Source Type: research

Can Startups Save Primary Care?
By ANDY MYCHKOVSKY Today, primary care is considered the bee’s knees of value-based care delivery. Instead of being viewed as the punter of the football team, the primary care physician (PCP) has become the quarterback of the patient’s care team, calling plays for both clinical and social services. The entire concept of the accountable care organization (ACO) or patient-centered medical home (PCMH) crumbles without financially- and clinically-aligned PCPs. This sea change has resulted in rapid employment or alignment to health systems, as well as a surge in venture capital being invested into the primary care space....
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 3, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Primary Care Start-Ups ACOs Adelade Andy Mychkovsky ChenMed Iora Health Oak Street Health One medical Population Health Privia Health Startups VillageMD Source Type: blogs

The U.S. Physician Shortage Is Only Going to Get Worse. Here Are Potential Solutions
If you’ve recently had to wait longer to see a doctor than you used to, that may not be entirely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. America is experiencing a physician shortage, and it’s only expected to get worse—a concerning situation that could lead to poorer health outcomes for many patients. Data published in 2020 by the Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the U.S. could see a shortage of 54,100 to 139,000 physicians by 2033. That shortfall is expected to span both primary- and specialty-care fields. “The physician shortage can justly be characterized as a looming public-heal...
Source: TIME: Health - July 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elaine K. Howley Tags: Uncategorized freelance Health Care healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Organizations Respond to CMS
  September 2nd marked the last day for comments on CMS’ proposed rule to eliminate the accredited continuing medical education (CME) exemption from Sunshine Act reporting.  In an overwhelming display of support for the exemption, over 800 comments were submitted encouraging the agency to either maintain or expand the current exclusion. -Total comments supporting maintenance or expansion of the CME exemption:  820 -Total comments supporting elimination of the CME exemption:  approximately 20 -Percentage of comments supporting the CME exemption: 98% We have followed this issue closely, and recentl...
Source: Policy and Medicine - September 8, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs

Development of a Collaborative Partnership to Improve Communication and Access to Obstetric and Pediatric Patient Care Information for High‐Risk Referrals
Poster PresentationPurpose for the ProgramIn a multihospital, high‐risk obstetric (OB) service with 3600 births annually, coordinating high‐risk consultations and having those consults available for review by more than 150 OB and pediatric providers in a semicomputerized system has presented many challenges. This program was developed to surmount the challenges of identifying high‐risk mothers and newborns, making patient care information available to OB and pediatric providers in a timely manner, and spanning the gaps created by two different health care organizations caring for obstetric and neonatal patients.Propo...
Source: Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing - June 4, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Deborah A. Gingras Tags: Newborn Care Source Type: research

Twenty-First Century Medicaid: The Final Managed Care Rule
With enrollment reaching 74 percent of all beneficiaries, it is clear that managed care has become the standard organizing mechanism for a Medicaid program whose welfare roots are behind it and that now functions as a principal source of public insurance. Given this broad national policy direction, a strong yet flexible regulatory framework for Medicaid managed care becomes a fundamental policy goal, particularly as state programs continue to evolve toward structures capable of managing care for the highest need populations. The modern contours of a 21st century regulatory framework finally came into full view on April 25 ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - May 5, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Sara Rosenbaum Tags: Costs and Spending Featured Health Professionals Medicaid and CHIP Medicare Payment Policy Quality federal regulations MACRA MACRA final rule managed care organizations medical loss ratio Source Type: blogs