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Today's Featured Articles

CMS’s Hospice Star Rating System Limited By Missing Data

Amanda C. Chen and David C. Grabowski

To learn more, check out an online interactive map that expands upon this paper's findings.

Financial Securitization As An Approach To Mitigating Generic Drug Shortages

Joseph T. Kannarkat et al.

A Perfect Storm: “Gamechanger” HIV Prevention Medicine Launches In The Midst Of Health System And Public Health Cuts

Amy Killelea and Jeremiah Johnson

More on Hospice Care

Private Equity Acquisitions Of Hospices Are Increasing; Ownership Remains Opaque

Melissa D. Aldridge et al. (September 2024)

It’s Past Time For An Upgrade To The Medicare Hospice Benefit

Cara L. Wallace and Stephanie P. Wladkowski (April 2024)

Medicare Care Choices Model Improved End-Of-Life Care, Lowered Medicare Expenditures, And Increased Hospice Use

Keith Kranker et al. (November 2023)

MacKenzie Hughes on Health Outcomes and Costs Associated with Transitional Care

Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews MacKenzie Hughes of NORC at the University of Chicago about her recent paper reviewing how transitional care management was associated with healthier days at home and lower spending after hospital discharges for patients.

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