Mount Sinai partners with Contessa Health to expand hospital-level care at home program
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As part of Mount Sinai's commitment to keeping communities healthy and out of the hospital, the Health System initially launched the program in 2014 with the support of a multi-year innovation award from the
Currently, Mount Sinai's program is available to Medicare patients with specific acute medical conditions who would otherwise be admitted to a hospital within the
"We just treated our 600th patient since the program commenced in November of 2014," stated
In addition, Mount Sinai will work with Contessa to add an option for post-surgical care at home. This will permit eligible patients to recover from surgeries that would normally require an inpatient hospital stay (such as total joint replacements) in the comfort of their own homes.
While delivering physician-led hospital-level care in the home is not new, the collaboration between
"This partnership with
"We are thrilled to partner with Mount Sinai to achieve the mutual goal of lowering costs and improving quality of care for patients," said
"Our team is pleased to have joined forces with Contessa to expand this innovative model of patient care to a broader market," said
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