Eliminating patient identified barriers to decrease Medicaid inpatient admission rates and improve quality of care

T Davis, J Beste, S Batish, R Watford… - The Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Board Family Med
Background and Objectives: The goal of this study was to decrease admission and
readmission rate for the 2296 Medicaid patients in our clinic. Our focus was to eliminate …

Understanding patient, provider, and system factors related to Medicaid readmissions

HJ Jiang, AE Boutwell, J Maxwell, A Bourgoin… - The Joint Commission …, 2016 - Elsevier
Article-at-a-Glance Background Efforts on reducing hospital readmissions, which are
intended to improve quality and reduce costs, tend to focus on elderly Medicare …

Medicaid admissions and readmissions: understanding the prevalence, payment, and most common diagnoses

T Trudnak, D Kelley, J Zerzan, K Griffith, HJ Jiang… - Health …, 2014 - healthaffairs.org
Reducing hospital readmissions is a way to improve care and reduce avoidable costs.
However, there have been few studies of readmissions in the Medicaid population. We …

[HTML][HTML] The patient perspective: utilizing focus groups to inform care coordination for high-risk medicaid populations

A Sheff, ER Park, M Neagle, NM Oreskovic - BMC Research Notes, 2017 - Springer
Background Care coordination programs for high-risk, high-cost patients are a critical
component of population health management. These programs aim to improve outcomes …

Innovating Medicaid: the North Carolina experience

RE Gaskins - North Carolina Medical Journal, 2017 - ncmedicaljournal.com
21 NCMJ vol. 78, no. 1 ncmedicaljournal. com based on specific gaps in care. With
actionable data stratified by risk, providers can make informed decisions that help focus …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of Medicaid expansion on community health center staffing

E Kurtzman, J Park, X Han, P Pittman - GW Heal Work Cent, 2017 - gwhwi.org
BACKGROUND Community health centers are independent, community-based nonprofit
organizations located in medically underserved communities. By virtue of their …

[PDF][PDF] Care management for Medicaid enrollees through community health teams

M Takach, J Buxbaum - Washington, DC …, 2013 - eadn-wc03-6094147.nxedge.io
The effective management of patients' complex illnesses across providers, settings, and
systems places extraordinary demands on primary care providers, especially those that work …

Reducing unnecessary medicare admissions: a six-state project

A Romero, C Brown, F Richards III… - Professional case …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Purpose/Objectives The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services funded a project in six
western states to decrease the payment error rate in short-stay admissions (≤ 2 days) and …

Reducing hospital readmissions among medicaid patients: a review of the literature

M Regenstein, E Andres - Quality Management in Healthcare, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Reducing hospital readmissions is a key approach to curbing health care costs and
improving quality and patient experience in the United States. Despite the proliferation of …

Quality management practices in Medicaid managed care: a national survey of Medicaid and commercial health plans participating in the Medicaid program

BE Landon, AM Epstein - Jama, 1999 - jamanetwork.com
ContextRapid expansion of Medicaid managed care has raised concerns about the capacity
and willingness of health plans enrolling Medicaid beneficiaries to provide high-quality care …