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Carrots and Sticks: Why Hospitals Need to Master Care Transitions NowThis webinar by Healthways will explore how mastering acute and post-acute care transitions management can help organizations not only avoid "sticks" such as CMS readmission and value-based purchasing penalties but also more effectively pursue the "carrots" of higher profits accruing from efficient operations and higher quality care. |
Heather Punke: 10 Things to Know About the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
1. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program was created under the Affordable Care Act.
2. This year's penalties are based on readmissions from July 2011 to June 2014 for Medicare patients for heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, COPD, or hip/knee replacements.
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Source: Becker's Infection Control and Clinical Quality, August 4, 2015
Source URL:
http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/2-5k-hospitals-penalized-by-cms-for-high-readmissions-10-things-to-know.html
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