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- Medicare Part B Costs And Coverage 2016
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- DIY Guide to Medicare Shopping
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Medicare Help: Get Help Choosing a Hospital
Choose Your Hospital Once You Have Medicare Part B
Medicare Part B is known as hospital insurance. Having Medicare Part B is one part of staying on top of your health. Once you have coverage, you need to pick a hospital. Choosing a hospital can be an overwhelming decision, especially when you’re not in good health. Not only are you looking for high-quality care, but a positive environment that’s also close to home. There are many factors that go into picking a hospital, but the most important factors are tracked by hospital ratings.
Hospital quality scores are measured based on 7 different areas. Those areas are:
Mortality
Perhaps the most important factor in your hospital decision should be the institution’s mortality rate. The mortality rate measures how many patients die – for any reason – within 30 days of admission to a hospital. If the mortality rate is high, you should probably research other local hospitals.
Safety of Care
This score measures how many people get infections while getting treatment for other conditions (including surgery) in the healthcare setting.
Readmissions
This metric shows how many patients have had to revisit a hospital within 30 days from being discharged.
Patient Experience
As a patient hospital reviews and public opinions should matter to you. Patient experience measures how recently discharged patients responded to a national survey about their hospital experience. Surveys provide useful data since the user feel anonymous, and can provide more honest feedback.
Effectiveness of care
The hospital rating measures effectiveness of care which shows how often hospitals provide care based on clinical guidelines and best practices that results in the best outcomes for people with certain medical conditions.
Timeliness of care
Timeliness of care is important because it shows how quickly hospitals are able to give recommended care for people with certain conditions. Patients with medical conditions are often in pain and uncomfortable, and in need of urgent care.
Efficient use of medical imaging
Medical imaging used to conduct important tests can costs patients hundreds to thousands of dollars. It’s important that hospitals only use imaging when necessary. The efficient use of medical imaging test rates how often a hospital uses MRIs or CT Scans to diagnose medical conditions under circumstances where they were not medically necessary. You wouldn’t want to go to a hospital that was running expensive tests that weren’t justified.