title: Combine subacute care with medical management to cut inpatient costs for seniors.
abstract: To cut costs and boost quality of care for seniors, try a SNF rounding program. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc., based in Dedham, MA, is slashing Medicare inpatient bed days per 1,000 by helping its providers set up programs designed to avoid and substitute hospitalizations with subacute stays.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003363:Cost Control; D019468:Disease Management; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019467:Subacute Care / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States