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More Home Care Discharges Saved Medicare Money
Published on Fri Jan 17, 2020
Shifting hospital discharges from facilities to home care helped shave $17 million off Medicare spending. A new analysis of Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model shows that home care can produce savings for the benefit program. Reminder: Under the five-year CJR model which began in April 2016, participating hospitals are financially accountable for the quality and cost of [...]