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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

That’s a problem in our healthcare financing system. ” And I too was just drawn to … from a clinical perspective, from a research perspective, just this revolving door through the emergency room. Because this revolving door in the emergency room was basically assault and battery, if you will.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

How is it financed and what comes next? If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

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‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Say

Physician's Weekly

Cuts to Medicaid and other federal health programs proposed in President Donald Trump’s budget plan would rapidly push more than 300 financially struggling rural hospitals toward a fiscal cliff, according to researchers who track the facilities’ finances. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), billion with a 15% cut to Medicaid.

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