An organization providing medical, emotional, spiritual and social help, often in the patient’s own home, for those expected to live less than six months. If a person qualifies for Medicare Part A and has a terminal illness, Medicare pays for hospice care,...
The Part A Medicare trust fund that pays for inpatient hospital services; skilled nursing facility care for up to 100 days following hospitalization; and some care from home health providers, hospices and rehabilitation facilities for the elderly and permanently...
A public-private collaboration seeking to improve the quality of care provided by the nation’s hospitals by measuring and publicly reporting on that care.
A program established by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requiring the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to decrease payments to hospitals within the inpatient prospective payment system with excess readmissions rates. The program aims to incentivize hospitals...
Geographic regions used by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care to define regional health care markets. These regions are defined by where patients in surrounding areas are most often referred to for tertiary care. Each HRR contains at least one hospital that performs...