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	“Readmission penalties levied on US hospitals are estimated to increase over 20 percent to $564 million in 2018.” Excerpted from: Readmissions News, Volume 7, Number 12, December 2018, Industry News: "MetTel Helps Rotech Healthcare Drive Better Patient Out-comes through Enterprise Mobility and Digital Transformation."
	Death & readmissions after hospital discharge during the December holiday The BMJ, December 10, 2018
	Medicare Cuts Payments To Nursing Homes Whose Patients Keep Ending Up Kaiser Health News, December 3, 2018
	Successful hospital readmission reduction initiatives: Top five strategies Journal of Hospital Administration, abstract only, December 2018
	Even hospitals with high patient survival rates still struggle with readmissions Healthcare Finance, November 29, 2018
	Top-ranked hospitals demonstrate worse readmission rates for heart failure Becker's Hospital Review, November 28, 2018
	Enhanced readability of discharge summaries decreases readmissions Surgery, abstract only, November 19, 2018
	Association between medication-related adverse events & readmission BMC Neurology, November 19, 2018
	Preventable Readmissions Cut by More Than 25 Percent Under Contract PR Newswire, November 16, 2018
	Intense Support for Patients With COPD Results in Fewer Readmissions The American Journal of Managed Care, November 12, 2018
	MedPAC’s Proposed “Reforms” Should Be Tested: CMS’s Hospital Readmissions The Health Care Blog, December 6, 2018 Hospital readmission more likely in patients with serious mental illness Healio Psychiatric Annals, November 26, 2018 Poorer Health, Health Behaviors Increase Risk for Hospital Readmission medicalbag, November 19, 2018 Act on the front-end to reduce readmissions penalties Inside Angle blog/3M, November 16, 2018
	ASPIRE+: The Execution Model By Amy Boutwell MD MPP Preventable Hospital Readmissions Cut by More Than 25 Percent Under Innovative Contract Between University of Pennsylvania Health System and Independence Blue Cross by Diana Quattrone and Katie Delach New Service in South London Reduces Hospital Readmissions for People with Bipolar Disorder by George King Thought Leaders' Corner: "How can analytics help reduce readmissions?" Industry News with briefs regarding Brooks Rehabilitation Home Health, Pillo Health, YouThisMe, PipelineRx, ConcertoHealth and MetTel. Catching up with... Dr. Carlos Jackson
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