Annual Report on Hospital Readmissions in Mass. Looks at Trends Among Older Adults Patients

by James Fuccione | Dec 18, 2019 | Data and Reports, News and Updates

Although hospital readmission rates decreased overall in recent years for patients age 65 and older, both the volume and rate of readmissions increase with older patient age groups. For example, patients aged 85 and over had the highest readmission rate in 2018...

‘Good Talk Toolkit’ Released to Aid Advanced Care Planning

by James Fuccione | Nov 24, 2019 | News and Updates

Based on public messaging research, the Massachusetts Coalition on Serious Illness Care developed the Good Talk Toolkit to be a resource that supplements your organization’s capacity to build awareness and understanding for advance care planning. The messaging and...

WebMD/JAHF Surveys Older Adults and Their Caregivers Highlights Opportunity of Community Collaboration

by James Fuccione | Oct 30, 2019 | News and Updates

A new survey of more than 2,700 older patients and caregivers from The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF) and WebMD assesses opinions on Age-Friendly Health Care, which require attention to what matters to the older person and their caregivers in order to ensure...

Governor Baker, Advocates Celebrate Expanded Eligibility for Medicare Savings Program

by James Fuccione | Sep 16, 2019 | News and Updates

Governor Charlie Baker joined Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders and leaders of health care advocacy organizations on September 16th for a ceremonial signing of key sections of the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) budget that aim to create health care savings...

Medicare Plan Finder Gets an Update from CMS

by James Fuccione | Aug 28, 2019 | News and Updates

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a modernized and redesigned Medicare Plan Finder, which is the most used tool on Medicare.gov. The Medicare Plan Finder allows users to shop and compare Medicare Advantage and Part D plans. The updated...