Archive for January 2018
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4 Ways to Prevent Readmission with Patient Folders
Jan 15 2018
Hospitals, Patient Care, Forms Management, Medication Management
The Realities of Hospital Readmission According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), hospital readmissions for Medicare patients cost US taxpayers more than $26 billion each year—more than $17 billion of which is avoidable. Moreover, the total amount of Medicare penalties assessed on hospitals for readmissions will increase to $528 million in 2017, nearly $110 million more than in 2016, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit focused on national health issues…