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Developing Advanced Clinical Pathways for High-Risk Disease Across Your Post-Acute Network
May 11th, 2022
Every day, 10,000 Baby Boomers reach retirement, and it is estimated that Medicare enrollment will catapult to over 80 million beneficiaries by 2040. According to the National Council on Aging, 80% of older adults have one chronic illness while nearly 70% have two or more. Drill down further and you’ll see that 40% of Medicare patients hospitalized for injury or illness are discharged to post-acute care (PAC). Unfortunately, up to 25% of them, particularly those with chronic diseases, are readmitted to acute care within 30 days. These conditions are costly with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, COPD, and kidney disease...read more