Complimentary from the publishers of Readmissions News               July 2018
	"According to the population-wide all payer all cause MVP [multi-visit patient] analysis we conducted in Massachusetts, the 30-day readmission rate for patients with 4 or more hospitalizations in a 12-month period was 38%; the 30-day readmission rate for patients with 1, 2, or even 3 hospitalizations (eg a non-MVP) was 8%." Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 7, Number 6, June 2018, "The MAX-MVP Method to Improve Care for High Utilizers: Part 1," by Amy Boutwell MD MPP.
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