30-Day Episode Payments and Heart Failure Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to examine the association of 30-day payments for an episode of heart failure (HF) care at the hospital level with patient outcomes.

Background

There is increased focus among policymakers on improving value for HF care, given its rising prevalence and associated financial burden in the United States; however, little is known about the relationship between payments and mortality for a 30-day episode of HF care.

Methods

Using Medicare claims data for all fee-for-service beneficiaries hospitalized for HF between July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2014, we examined the association between 30-day Medicare payments at the hospital level (beginning with a hospital admission for HF and across multiple settings following discharge) and patient

SUBMITTER: Wadhera RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6049835 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature