How Home Health Systems Can Use Home Care To Reduce Readmissions
When integrated into the continuum of care, home health helps ensure that patients discharged from acute care settings and skilled nursing facilities do not suffer relapses that require rehospitalization Stakes are high with hospitals and health systems facing financial penalties under Medicare’s Hospital Readmission Reduction Program for a half-dozen conditions including heart attack, pneumonia, and coronary artery bypass graft. Beyond the HRRP penalties, readmissions increase the total cost of care. As a way to address the readmissions challenge, savvy healthcare clinical leaders at health systems can use home health divisions to […]
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