Circulation: Heart Failure
Get With The Guidelines–Heart Failure Hospital Participation and Its Association With Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy and Outcomes
BACKGROUND: Despite strong evidence, adoption of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction remains suboptimal. The Get With The Guidelines–Heart Failure (GWTG-HF) program was designed to close gaps in care. We evaluated whether hospital participation in GWTG-HF was associated with greater GDMT intensity and improved outcomes. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis (2013–2021) of Medicare beneficiaries with part A and part D hospitalized with heart failure wit …