This week's Medicare updates include a new OIG advisory opinion; the October 2017 Update of the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS); the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Annual Update; and more!
Finding a way to ensure patients are adhering to medication regimens is a challenge faced by hospital and medical practice staff alike. A JAMA Internal Medicine study sought to determine whether low-cost reminder devices could help boost medication adherence, but found these devices provided no benefit in regimen adherence for patients with chronic conditions who take up to three medications per day.
