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Complimentary from the publishers of
ReadmissionsNews
August 13, 2012 |
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"I would like to join
the growing number of researchers in recommending that the current
methodology for measuring readmissions be modified to focus only on
those that could have been avoided, so as not to penalize institutions
for events beyond their control.” John Parker, Informatics Scientist in
Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Blue Cross Blue Shield North
Carolina
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According to the
Medicare data used by Kaiser, the readmission rate for heart failure was
24.8% in 2008-10 and 24.7% in 2009-11 giving us the 0.1% decline cited
by Kaiser. Comparing 2011 to 2008, this is a 0.3% difference, still not
sufficient to convince us that there is a real change.
Excerpted from:
Readmissions News, Volume 1,
Number 7, August, 2012, An Opinion Piece: The Readmissions Rate Fallacy
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Medicare will penalize 2,211 hospitals for readmissions
The Advisory Board Company, August 13, 2012 |
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3 Characteristics of Patients Most Likely to Be Readmitted for Heart
Failure
Becker's Hospital Review, August 13, 2012 |
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Sources and Methodology: Where the Hospital Readmissions Data Came From
Kaiser Health News, August 13, 2012 |
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Hospitals
will pay up for preventable readmissions
Newsworks, August 13, 2012 |
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CMS to start readmission penalties
FierceHealthcare, August 13, 2012 |
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Readmissions, Emergence, and
Health System Optimization by William H. Rice, MD
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Tufts Medical Center :
Reducing Heart Failure Readmissions through STAAR by June Stark, RN,
BSN, MEd
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Editor’s Corner: The
Readmissions Rate Fallacy - Nikhil Bhojwani and James Matheson
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The Per Bed Risk View: A New
Understanding of HCAHPS and Readmissions Incentives by Zach
Silverzweig
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Thought Leader’s Corner: "The
recently updated 2008-2011 readmissions data published by CMS on
Hospital Compare suggest that hospitals are not making much
progress. Is this an accurate assessment or a reflection of how the
metrics are constructed?"
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Industry News with Industry
Briefs regarding the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
and The Commonwealth Fund; Orthopedics Today; The Alliance for Home
Health Quality and Innovation; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
and Advocate Health Care; Highmark; CMS; Annals of Emergency
Medicine; Aligning Forces for Quality; Medline; Avalere and Mercy
Care Plan; Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency; and UPMC.
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Catching Up With…Nancy Foster
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