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As we step into 2024, there is no denying that the healthcare industry is vastly different than it was 5 years ago, 1 year ago, maybe even one month ago. As the immediacy of the pandemic has ebbed, several other seismic changes have emerged that promise to transform the core of the healthcare industry. Understandably, healthcare leaders are concerned about the pressures they face today and those that lie ahead in 2024.

That's why, in part 1 of a two-part series on what CEOs need to know in 2024, host Rachel (Rae) Woods invites Advisory Board experts Natalie Trebes, Prianca Pai, and Sharon Yuen to unpack these seismic changes and discuss how leaders should be preparing for the future.

Links:

• Bold predictions for healthcare in 2024
• 11 Things CEOs Need to Know in 2024
• Ep. 189: A preview of Advisory Board's 2024 research
• Ep. 145: Part 1: What CEOs need to know in 2023

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Skilled nursing care is an important Medicare benefit but it also accounts for significant spending.

In Medicare, cost sharing applies to patients' care in skilled nursing facilities after the twentieth day of residence. This prompts a spike in discharges from facilities at that time. But does cutting short these skilled nursing facility stays at day 20 negatively impact patient health?

J. Michael McWilliams, a researcher from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, and coauthors aimed to answer this question in a paper they published in the May 2021 issue of Health Affairs. They studied the extent to which skilled nursing facility discharges accelerated by Medicare cost sharing are safe.

McWilliams and coauthors found no clear evidence that those who are discharged face increased risk of death, hospitalization for fall-related injuries, or all-cause hospitalizations.

On this episode of A Health Podyssey, J. Michael McWilliams joins Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil to discuss this research and his perspective on the future of health care financing.

Pre-order the July 2021 Health Affairs issue.

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