HOSPITALS NEED BETTER WAYS
TO FOLLOW PATIENTS AFTER DISCHARGE
This past April, nearly 800 hospitals throughout the country became responsible for the post-acute care of Medicare beneficiaries receiving a hip or knee replacement. Three months later a new directive required hospitals to do the same for Medicare beneficiaries with heart attacks, coronary bypasses and hip and femur fractures.
The new orthopedic and cardiac bundled payment programs reflect a new economic reality for hospitals, which traditionally had very little responsibility for post-acute care. In many markets across the country, they now will be responsible for the financial and clinical outcomes of patients for nearly three months after discharge.
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By Lisa Ward - Transformation Hub
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