New programs like Hospital-at-Home and Acute-Care-at-Home are giving health systems an opportunity to reduce inpatient traffic and give patients the care they need in their own homes. Editor's note: ...

Healthcare Finance News: What acute care health waivers issued by CMS during the public health emergency will continue after the PHE expires on May 11? Julia Crist: At the end of 2022, CMS extended ...

The Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has grown to 125 health systems and 289 hospitals in 37 states in less than three years. A number of ...

Sentara home-based primary care improves access and cuts emergency visits for vulnerable patients in Norfolk, Va.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday took several new steps to help U.S. hospitals manage the crush of new patients as the COVID-19 crisis worsens. Among them are new allowances ...

When acute care hospitals and health systems are developing marketing and growth strategies, which are especially important in this economic downturn, post-acute care opportunities frequently fall to ...

Asynchronous interactions between patients and providers through patient portals (called e-visits in this article) have the potential to increase access to care and reduce the time requirements for ...

A medical emergency is cresting in Indiana and beyond. The number of physicians available in the United States isn’t keeping pace with the number of people needing care or who will need care in the ...

Acute care happens when an adult or elderly person needs short-term care in a hospital or nursing home due to an illness like pneumonia, which can cause more complications. It’s called the Adult ...

Graduates of the DNP Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) Specialty are prepared for advanced nursing practice in a variety of acute and critical care settings. As advanced acute ...