Background Immune responses to influenza vaccines decline with age, reducing clinical
effectiveness. We compared the effect of the more immunogenic high-dose trivalent …

Importance Postacute care is thought to be a major source of wasteful spending. The extent
to which accountable care organizations (ACOs) can limit postacute care spending has …

Traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare's prospective payment systems for postacute care
provide little incentive to coordinate care or control costs. In contrast, Medicare Advantage …

Background Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) plans have
different financial incentives. Medicare pays predetermined rates per beneficiary to MA …

A goal of Medicare's bundled payment models is to improve quality and control costs after
hospital discharge. Little is known about how participating hospitals are focusing their efforts …

Unlike fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare, most Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have a
preferred network of care providers that serve most of a plan's enrollees. Little is known …

Background: The majority of patients require postacute care (PAC) after a hip fracture.
Despite its importance, there is no established consensus regarding the standards of care …

Establishing preferred provider networks of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) is one approach
hospital administrators are using to reduce excess thirty-day readmissions and avoid …

Post-acute care (PAC) facilities improve patient recovery, as measured by activities of daily
living, rehabilitation, hospital readmission, and survival rates. Seamless transitions between …

Medicare's more than 420 accountable care organizations (ACOs) provide care for a
considerable percentage of the elderly in the United States. One goal of ACOs is to improve …