Meeting
Abstract Number: 48
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have strong incentives to reduce potentially wasteful healthcare, including costly acute care visits for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSC) [1-4]. It is unknown, however, whether MA plans lower acute care use relative to Traditional Medicare (TM) or instead shift patients from hospitalizations towards observation stays and emergency department (ED) direct discharges. […]
Abstract Number: 50
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Equity is an essential domain of healthcare quality [1] but is rarely addressed within quality measurement programs. Quality initiatives, without explicit equity focus, may exacerbate underlying disparities.[2]To address this historic lack of focus on equity, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) now provides confidential reports to hospitals on two disparity metrics for Medicare […]