Medicaid expansion has provided a financial boost to hospitals, study reveals
A new study published in
Medical Care Research and Review found that the Affordable Care Act, which expanded Medicaid programs to cover people previously uninsured, provided a financial boost to hospitals.
The study conducted by faculty at the Colorado School of Public Health on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is the first to investigate the effects of Medicaid expansion by comparing estimates using data from both the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The IRS and CMS data sources serve as primary resources for assessing the impact of Medicaid expansion on hospitals financial status. The comparison of the two is timely and can inform the decisions of health practitioners, policymakers and regulators at a state and national level.
Avoiding High-risk Cath Lab Procedures Does Not Improve Hospital Scores
Study looked at hospital-level PCI performance with simulated risk avoidance strategies
Avoiding high-risk PCI procedures does not improve hospital scores according to a study presented at SCAI 2021. CTO procedure at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit. Photo by Dave Fornell.
May 5, 2021 A late-breaking study presented at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2021 meeting looked at hospital-level percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) performance with simulated risk avoidance strategies and found this might not improve performance. Any individual hospital seeking to improve their performance, there is no guarantee that practicing systematic risk-avoidance will improve the measured quality of a PCI program, and may in fact worsen it, explained Ashwin Nathan M.D., a cardiology fellow at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, who presented the study.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
A new study published in Medical Care Research and Review found that the Affordable Care Act, which expanded Medicaid programs to cover people previously uninsured, provided a financial boost to hospitals.
The study conducted by faculty at the Colorado School of Public Health on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is the first to investigate the effects of Medicaid expansion by comparing estimates using data from both the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
“The IRS and CMS data sources serve as primary resources for assessing the impact of Medicaid expansion on hospitals’ financial status. The comparison of the two is timely and can inform the decisions of health practitioners, policymakers and regulators at a state and national level,” said lead author Tatiane Santos, MPH, PhD, faculty at the Colorado School of Public Health and fellow at the Wharton School an
Similar Long-Term Outcomes With and Without ECMO for Mechanically Ventilated COVID-19 Patients
A nurse checking an ECMO system being used to support a critically ill COVID-19 patient at Banner Health in Phoenix. ECMO can offer both hemodynamic support and oxygenation for COVID patients who otherwise cannot get enough pulmonary support from ventilators, or are in danger of organ failure.
May 4, 2021 – A new study, presented today at the 2021 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 101st annual meeting, found that severely ill COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) did not suffer worse long-term outcomes than other mechanically-ventilated patients. The multidisciplinary team included cardio thoracic surgeons, critical care doctors, medical staff at long-term care facilities, physical therapists and other specialists, and followed patients at five academic centers: University of Colorado; University of Virginia; University of
A new study, presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, found that severely ill COVID-19 patients treated with ECMO did not suffer worse long-term outcomes than other mechanically-ventilated patients.