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By: Karen Minich-Pourshadi, for HealthLeaders Media, April 27, 2012
With the threat of reimbursement losses for preventable 30-day readmissions, healthcare organizations are analyzing care transitions used in tandem with predictive models to keep patients from returning to their facilities unnecessarily.
By: Edward Prewitt, for HealthLeaders Media, April 27, 2012
Hospital-physician alignment is a sought-after state of being. But what it really means depends on where you stand within your organization's structure. For healthcare CEOs and CFOs, alignment can refer to doctors who keep readmissions low. For physician leaders, it can mean hospital executives who stay out of the way.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, April 26, 2012
Why does the Affordable Care Act impose much stiffer financial penalties on hospitals with higher 30-day readmission rates than for hospitals with higher 30-day mortality? Isn't preventing death, the ultimate bad outcome, much more important to incentivize?
By: Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, April 26, 2012
Younger physicians are pessimistic about their future, with many blaming healthcare reform and reimbursement issues for what may be ahead, a survey shows. But one Texas MD is determined to keep his practice going.
By: April 12, 2012
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