Complimentary from the publishers of Readmissions News               January 2017
	"As we enter the era of Trump, it's difficult to predict exactly what's going to happen to the Affordable Care Act - beyond the President-Elect's campaign promise to "repeal and replace" it. That said, I don't anticipate any drastic changes to readmissions policy under a Trump administration. Specifically, I don't believe that the fundamental, value-based underpinning of readmission reduction or penalties will be affected by a piecemeal repeal or amendment to the ACA... Regardless of politics and whatever the future of the Affordable Care Act may be, value-based care should remain a priority for the administration, based on its benefit to the American population at-large. It's always good policy to avoid unnecessary readmissions for patients, and delivering quality care should always be the ultimate goal. Value-based policies support giving patients access to all the care they need and none of the care they don't." -Dan Hogan, Chief Executive Officer, Medalogix, Nashville, TN
	"Over a third of patients stop taking their prescribed cardioprotective medications within thirty days after a heart attack." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 6, Number 1, January 2017, "Behavioral Economic Approaches to Change Patient Behaviors and Reduce Readmissions" by Matthew Loper
	Nursing homes held accountable for re-hospitalization Fairfield Citizen, January 17, 2017
	NW Kansas hospital earns national honors for low rate of readmission Hays Post, January 15, 2017
	Migraine and risk of perioperative ischemic stroke and hospital readmission BMJ, January 10, 2017
	U.S. Hospital Readmissions are 54% Higher for Malnourished Patients Yahoo Finance, January 9, 2017
	Hospitals in Medicare ACOs reduced readmissions faster Medical Xpress, January 9, 2017
	Pharmacists Can Help Overcome Challenges in Care Transitions Pharmacy Times, January 4, 2017
	Study links financial penalties to lower readmission rates Fierce Healthcare, January 3, 2017
	Occupational Therapy - An Underutilized Component of Readmissions Reduction Strategies? by Andrew T. Rogers, BS, Ge Bai, PdD, Robert A. Lavin, MD, Annette Lavezza, OTR/L and Gerard F. Anderson, PhD How Kaiser Permanente Northwest (KPNW) Leveraged Analytics in their Readmission Reduction Strategy by Delilah S. Moore, PhD and Yvonne Rice, PharmD Behavioral Economic Approaches to Change Patient Behaviors and Reduce Readmissions by Matthew Loper Thought Leaders' Corner: Will readmissions policy and practices change in the era of Trump? Industry News with briefs regarding Epharmix and HomeWell. Catching up with... Josh Luke, PhD Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Readmissions News, or find out more
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