VNS Health Virtual Caregiver Coaching Program Cuts Hospitalizations for Heart Failure Patients
VNS Health's Center for Home Care Policy & Research reports that its virtual caregiver coaching program for informal caregivers of heart failure patients reduced hospitalizations and improved quality of life. The program helps caregivers manage stress and improve self-care for the patients they support. The initiative demonstrates potential cost savings through reduced acute care utilization. The finding is relevant for Medicaid programs that cover substantial home and community-based services and long-term care populations where caregiver support affects institutional utilization.
Medicaid LTSS programs rely heavily on informal caregivers, and interventions that reduce hospitalization rates while supporting caregivers could inform state HCBS waiver design and managed long-term care benefit structures.
LTSS · Long-Term Care
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