Caring For Patients When They Can’t Get to the Doctor’s Office
According to a report released in 2012 by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), almost 60 percent of emergency room visits and 25 percent of hospital admissions of Medicare patients were potentially preventable.
As part of Atrius Health’s efforts to reduce healthcare costs and provide high quality ambulatory care for our Medicare population, programs have been implemented to help reduce unnecessary hospitalization and emergency room (ER) visits by patients.
One of these programs being piloted by Granite Medical Group is the Intensive Home Based (IHB) program.
Read More