Mortality and Posthospitalization Outcomes in Heart Failure-Focused Chronic Condition Special Needs Plans

Bassel M Shanab; David A Bunn; Yanlei Ma; Nishmi Abeyweera; Andrew S Oseran; Rishi K Wadhera; Jessica Phelan; E John Orav; Jose F Figueroa

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.5913

Mortality and Posthospitalization Outcomes in Heart Failure-Focused Chronic Condition Special Needs Plans

JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Apr 1;9(4):e265913. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.5913.

Authors

Bassel M Shanab^{1

2}, David A Bunn^{3

4}, Yanlei Ma², Nishmi Abeyweera⁵, Andrew S Oseran⁶, Rishi K Wadhera⁶, Jessica Phelan², E John Orav³, Jose F Figueroa^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
² Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines the association of Chronic Condition Special Needs Plans vs conventional Medicare Advantage plans with quality of care and outcomes after hospitalization in patients with heart failure.