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Home Hospital Care in 2021 and Beyond
Though it is challenging to predict what the next month, let alone year, may hold, we looked into our crystal ball and thought deeply about how hospital care at home could change in the future.
Slowing Down to Speed Up: 5 Things We Learned in 2020
Let’s face it: 2020 was a challenging year. Here are five things we learned as an innovative healthcare business in the face of great difficulty and opportunity.
Contessa Applauds CMS For Its Home Hospital Care Decision
We applaud CMS for its decision to help healthcare providers more easily expand the delivery of hospital-level care beyond its traditional setting. Given the tremendous strain COVID-19 is putting on our healthcare system, access to home hospital care has never been more important.
Why Home Hospital Care is a Value Add in a Health System’s Clinical Toolbox
What’s the clinical value of home hospital care? Contessa Our CEO Travis Messina shares five reasons every health system should consider.
Why More Physicians Are Adopting Contessa’s Model Amid COVID-19
Trying something new is rarely easy, which is why it has taken time and proof for physicians to lean into our model. In his latest blog post, our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Mark Montoney, explains the key factors that have changed physicians’ adoption of Contessa’s model and why they have been intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic:
Decoding the Latest CMS Changes and Their Impact on Home Hospital Care
CMS regulations have evolved greatly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Contessa CEO Travis Messina discusses how the changes are impacting home hospital care and what we can expect next.
Sizing Up Home Hospital Services: Contessa’s Unique Value
By Dr. Mark Montoney, Chief Medical Officer The Contessa story is not unlike others in healthcare: an industry leader determined to make healthcare a better…
Agility in Action: Taking Hospital-level Care Home amid a Global Pandemic
Despite old criticisms about our healthcare system’s struggles with change, the COVID-19 pandemic has proven that, with its back against the wall, the American healthcare industry is very capable of adapting to urgent issues while maintaining high-quality patient care.
Fighting COVID-19 with Home Recovery Care
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged all of us in more ways than we thought possible. Contessa is working with the nation’s most forward-thinking health systems and health plans to respond to the coronavirus. Learn how we are supporting hospitals dealing with a patient surge and what this means for the future of healthcare delivery.
Inpatient hospital care in the comfort of home
BCBS ProgressHealth, By Travis Messina, December 2019 Every day, in emergency departments and urgent care centers across the country, thousands of patients are assessed for…